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Tables of Contents for Crossfire
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Detailed Contents
vii
Preface
xxi
PART ONE STRATEGIES FOR WRITING ARGUMENTS
1
180
Understanding Persuasion: Thinking Like a Critic
3
18
Finding Arguments: Thinking Like a Writer
21
13
Shaping Arguments: Thinking Like an Architect
34
25
Addressing Audiences: Thinking Like a Reader
59
25
Using Evidence: Thinking Like an Advocate
84
19
Establishing Claims: Thinking Like a Skeptic
103
20
Testing Arguments: Thinking Like a Cross-Examiner
123
13
Documenting Arguments: Thinking Like a Researcher
136
45
PART TWO CURRENT DEBATES
181
498
Gender Identity
183
45
Being Male
184
14
Being Female
198
22
Oppositions: Feminism
220
8
Race and Ethnicity
228
52
Identity and Stereotypes
230
24
Affirmative Action
254
14
Oppositions: Immigration Policy
268
12
Social Issues
280
70
Gun Control
282
15
Poverty and Homelessness
297
24
Teenage Pregnancy
321
17
Oppositions: Capital Punishment
338
12
Ethical and Moral Issues
350
71
Euthanasia
351
15
Abortion
366
16
Animals in Research
382
26
Oppositions: Legalization of Drugs
408
13
Freedom of Expression
421
52
Movie and Television Violence
422
23
Racial Slurs
445
19
Oppositions: Pornography
464
9
Education
473
49
The Classroom Experience
474
21
Multiculturalism
495
11
Oppositions: Curriculum Wars
506
16
Advertising
522
77
Consumerism
523
24
Language of Advertising
547
41
Oppositions: Sex in Advertising
588
11
Arguments That Shaped History
599
80
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
679
3
Credits
682
5
Index of Authors and Titles
687