Many of your college assignments will ask you to read arguments about debatable issues. The questions being debated might be matters of public policy (Should corporations be allowed to advertise on public school property?) or they might be scholarly issues (What role do genes play in determining behavior?). On such questions, reasonable people may disagree. You’ll find the critical reading strategies introduced in section 4 to be useful as you enter debates and ask questions about an argument’s logic, evidence, and use of appeals.