Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28374 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 624 pages

Review

“I would say ease of use for students is the greatest strength. I've not had any students tell me they didn't like the book. Every semester I have students who tell me they really like it and will keep it for future classes because they found it to be so helpful and easy to understand.”

–Judy Hatcher, University of Houston–Clear Lake

“The seventh edition has everything you and your students need in freshman composition.”

–Anne Kuhta, Northern Virginia Community College

“…[A] great book for freshman composition classes. There are plenty of examples for all the grammar mistakes students make. In addition there are examples to cover all the rhetorical strategies as well as help in doing MLA documentation.”

–Martha Bachman, Camden County College

“Well-organized, user-friendly, and clear.” 

–Richard Turner, Ozarks Technical Community College

“The Prentice Hall Reference Guide offers every teacher a "one-book, one resource" strategy for providing the means for near total success in an English class, regardless of prior English experience from grade school to college.”

–Allen Swords, Clemson University

From the Back Cover

Muriel Harris was the director of the Purdue Writing Center where she worked elbow-to-elbow with students for over twenty-five years. Based on her experience assisting thousands of writing students, she authored the Prentice Hall Reference Guide with several goals in mind. The handbook is brief, with the most concise explanations possible. It is tabbed for ease of use, enabling students to quickly find what they’re looking for. And, it features the foundational teaching tools she developed during her tenure at the writing center: the innovative Question and Correct and Compare and Correct features. These features address the challenges that student writers face in an accessible, easy-to-use manner. The streamlined and user-friendly organization and innovative student-focused features make the Prentice Hall Reference Guide the easiest handbook for students–and instructors–to use.

About the Author

Muriel Harris was the director of the Purdue Writing Center where she worked elbow-to-elbow with students for over twenty-five years. Based on her experience assisting thousands of writing students, she authored the Prentice Hall Reference Guide with several goals in mind. The handbook is brief, with the most concise explanations possible. It is conveniently tabbed, enabling students to efficiently locate resources. It also features the foundational teaching tools she developed during her tenure at the writing center: the innovative Question and Correct and Compare and Correct features. These features address the challenges that student writers face in an accessible, easy-to-use manner. The streamlined and user-friendly organization and innovative student-focused features make the Prentice Hall Reference Guide the easiest handbook for students and instructors to use.

Customer Reviews

No online access card.
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However, if I had purchased this book for the same price through Prentice Hall, I would have received an online access card and no additional purchase would have been necessary.

Great book
this book is being used in my english class in school and it is helpful because it is brand new and know one has used it yet.

Reference Guide
It is the newest edition. I recieved this product in pristine condition at a very reasonable price. Great buy.