Welcome to the book companion site for Current Issues and Enduring Questions, Seventh Edition; Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing, Fifth Edition; Contemporary and Classic Arguments: A Portable Anthology; and From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide, by Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau.




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icon Sample Syllabi
icon Assignment Ideas
icon Quiz Gradebook

Student Resources
icon Topics
icon Online Debates
icon Rhetorical Links
icon Brain Teasers

Other Resources
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icon Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online
icon Exercise Central
icon Mike Palmquist's Research Activities and Checklists
icon Mike Palmquist's Research Writing Tutorials
icon Mike Markel's Web Design Tutorial
icon Model Documents Gallery
icon The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing
icon Voices from the Field


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