SECTION 1 CRITICAL READING AND ANALYSIS
Chapter 1 WRITERS AND THEIR SOURCES
Chapter 2 RESPONDING CRITICALLY TO SOURCES

SECTION 2 THE WORLD OF ARGUMENT
Chapter 3 UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF ARGUMENT
Chapter 4 WRITING EFFECTIVE ARGUMENTS
Chapter 5 READING, ANALYZING, AND USING VISUALS AND STATISTICS IN ARGUMENT
Chapter 6 LEARNING MORE ABOUT ARGUMENT: INDUCTION, DEDUCTION, ANALOGY, AND LOGICAL FALLACIES

SECTION 3 STUDYING SOME ARGUMENTS BY GENRE
Chapter 7 DEFINITION ARGUMENTS
Chapter 8 EVALUATION ARGUMENTS
Chapter 9 THE POSITION PAPER: CLAIMS OF VALUE
Chapter 10 ARGUMENTS ABOUT CAUSE
Chapter 11 PRESENTING PROPOSALS: THE PROBLEM/SOLUTION ARGUMENT

SECTION 4 THE RESEARCHED AND FORMALLY DOCUMENTED ARGUMENT
Chapter 12 LOCATING, EVALUATING, AND PREPARING TO USE SOURCES
Chapter 13 WRITING THE RESEARCHED ESSAY
Chapter 14 FORMAL DOCUMENTATION: MLA STYLE, APA STYLE OF DOCUMENTATION

SECTION 5 A COLLECTION OF READINGS
Chapter 15 THE MEDIA: IMAGE AND REALITY
Chapter 16 THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA: THEIR IMPACT ON OUR LIVES
Chapter 17 THE ENVIRONMENT: HOW DO WE COPE WITH CLIMAGE CHANGE?
Chapter 18 SPORTS TALK—SPORTS BATTLES
Chapter 19 MARRIAGE AND GENDER ISSUES: THE DEBATES CONTINUE
Chapter 20 EDUCATION IN AMERICA: PROBLEMS AT ALL LEVELS
Chapter 21 CENSORSHIP AND FREE SPEECH DEBATES
Chapter 22 ETHICS AND THE LAW—CURRENT AND ENDURING DEBATES
Chapter 23 AMERICA: EMBRACING THE FUTURE--OR DIVIDED BY CONFLICT?

APPENDIX: UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE