美国大学英语写作

John Langan has taught reading and writing at Atlantic Cape Com-munity College near Atlantic City, New Jersey, for over twenty-five years. The author of a popular series of college textbooks on both writing and reading, John enjoys the challenge of developing materials that teach skills in an especially clear and lively way. Before teaching,he earned advanced degrees in writing at Rutgers University and in reading at Rowan University. He also spent a year writing fiction that,he says, "is now at the back of a drawer waiting to be discovered and acclaimed posthumously." While in school, he supported himself by working as a truck driver, a machinist, a battery assembler, a hospital attendant, and an apple packer. John now lives with his wife, Judith Nadell, near Philadelphia. In addition to his wife and Philly sports teams, his passions include reading and turning on nonreaders to the pleasure and power of books. Through Townsend Press, his educational publishing company, he has developed the nonprofit "Townsend Library"--a collection of more than thirty new and classic stories that appeal to readers of any age.

《美国大学英语写作》(第6版)本书是一部全面、系统、实用的英语写作教材，适合大学英语专业学生、非英语专业高年级学生以及其他希望提高英语写作水平的学习者使用。

Reading Listed by Rhetorical Mode To the Instructor PART ONE: ESSAY WRITIONG 短文写作 1 An Introduction to Writing Point and Support Structure of the Traditional Essay Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay Writing as a Skill Writing as a Process of Discovery Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others Keeping a Journal Using a Computer Review Activities Using This Text 2 The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revising Editing Review Activities 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays Base 1: Unity Base 2: Support Base 3: Coherence Base 4: Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases PART TOW: PATTERNS OF ESSAY DEVELOPMENT 短文的分类和写作手法 7 Introduction to Essay Development Important Considerations in Essay Development 8 Description READING: Lous Place Beth Johnson 9 Narration READING: The Yellow Ribbon Pete Hamill 10 Examples READING: Dad Andrew H. Malcolm 11 Process READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview Glenda Davis 12 Cause and Effect READING: Taming the Anger Monster Anne Davidson 13 Comparison and Contrast READING: Born to Be Different? Camille Lewis 14 Definition …… PART THREE: SPECLAL SKILLS 实用写作技巧 PART FOUR: HANDBOOK OF SENTENCE SKILLS 句子写作技巧指南 PART FIVE: READINGS FOR WRITING 以阅读带动写作 Reading Comprehension Chart Credits Index