★1. Th ere is a simple way to put a big dent in the national human organ shortage:

allocate organs fi rst to the people who have agreed to donate their own. Giving organs fi rst to registered donors would persuade more people to register, and that would make the allocation system fairer. People who aren’t willing to share the gift of life should go to the end of the waiting list. Th e following selections were taken from letters to the editor of newspapers. Each contains one or more arguments, but the exact form of the argument may be hidden or ambiguous. Use the argument forms presented in this section to structure the selections as specifi cally named arguments. Th e following selections were taken from letters to the editor of newspapers. Each contains one or more arguments, but the exact form of the argument may be hidden or ambiguous. Use the argument forms presented in this section to structure the selections as specifi cally named arguments.