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College writing skills with readings sixth edition

— Langan, John - Nama Orang;

• Four principles are presented as keys to effective writing. These four principles- unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills-are highlighted on the inside front cover and reinforced throughout the book.
Part One focuses on the first three principles and to some extent on sentence skills.
Parts Two and Three show, respectively, how the four principles apply in the different patterns of essay development and in specialized types of writing. Part Four serves as a concise handbook of sentence skills.
Finally, the professional readings in Part Five are followed by questions and assignments that encourage students to apply the four principles in a variety of well-developed essays.
The ongoing success of College Writing Skills with Readings is evidence that the four principles are easily grasped, remembered, and followed by students.
• Writing is treated as a process. The first chapter introduces writing as both a skill and a process of discovery. The second chapter, "The Writing Process," explains and illustrates the sequence of steps in writing an effective essay. In particular, the chapter focuses on prewriting and revision as strategies to use with any writing assignment. Detailed suggestions for prewriting and revision then accompany many of the writing assignments in Part Two.
• Activities and assignments are numerous and varied. For example, in Part One there are more than 90 activities to help students apply and master the four

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