Argumentation
The "C" in "CER" stands for
What is "Claim"
The number of students that speak on each team in a World Schools debate
What is 3?
This term refers to the speed at which someone delivers a speech
What is "pace"?
The number of arguments a case typically has
What is 3?
The name for the "negative" team in World Schools
What is the Opposition
The "E" in "CER" stands for
What is "Evidence"?
The name of the team that supports the motion
What is the Proposition?
The term that refers to someone speaking clearly and not mumbling
What is "enunciation"?
The name for one of your main arguments within a debate case
What is a "contention"?
What is "This House..."?
The "R" in "CER" stands for
What is "Reasoning"?
The name for a question asked to the other team in the middle of their speech
What is a POI (Point of Information)?
The percent of the World Schools ballot that "Style" counts for
What is 40%
When the speaker tells the judge what values they should use to evaluate who wins the debate
What are criteria/ principles?
The length of the "reply" speech in World Schools
What is 4 minutes?
The term for numbering or letting your arguments and notifying the judge when you are moving between them
What is sign-posting?
The length of the first 3 speeches
What is 8 minutes?
Something people do in World Schools to show support for their teammates' arguments
What is tap the table?
An explanation of how the motion will happen. (When there is a policy motion that says something should happen).
What is a "mechanism" or "model"
A typical way to start a case
What are (any of the following): a quote, story, statistic, example, analogy?
The term for when debaters directly respond to the point(s) my by their opponent
What is "Clash"?
The 3 categories on the World Schools ballot/ rubric
What are Content, Style, and Strategy?
Name 3 elements of "good" public speaking?
What is... (any of the following): pace, volume, eye contact, enunciation, body language, energy/ confidence?
When the speaker tells the judge which arguments will be addressed in each speech
What is "announcing the split"?
(Also acceptable- "the split")
The 3 common "types" of motions
What are: Policy, Value, and Fact?