Vocabulary
Parts of An Argument
Debate Format
Miscellaneous
100

This statement contains the overall ideas of an essay

Thesis 

100

The part of debate where the teams argue against points made by an opposing team.

Rebuttal
100

The art or skill of debate and/or argumentation

Rhetoric

100

A Fallacy is 

A mistake in an argument 

200

This type of sentence introduces new ideas within an essay

Topic Sentence

200

Usually found at the beginning of an argument but explains a topic and the speaker's view of the topic

Claim 

200

This is the team that supports the resolution.

The Affirmative Team 

200

This fallacy is an attack on a person instead of the problem at hand. 

Ad Hominem

300

Sometimes people would rather believe a popular lie than an inconvenient truth. This is an example of ...

Bias 

300

The speaker should always include this part of the argument at the end

Conclusion

300

This is introduced by the first speaker at the beginning of the debate

Claim

300

This fallacy takes an opponent's argument, exaggerates it THEN argues against the exaggerated argument instead of the argument presented

Straw Man

400

Name the three types of Resolutions

Fact, Value/Judgment/Policy 

400

The art or skill of debate and/or argumentation

Rhetoric

400

 __________supports your claim, such as, statistics, references, quotes, analogies etc.

Evidence

400
The following is an example of which Fallacy? 



Obama: "Health care should be available to all citizens for an affordable price."


Billy Bob: Did you hear that?! So Obama  thinks that the rich should pay for immigrants' health care. 

Straw Man

500

This proposition Represent judgements and preferences about what is important

Proposition of Judgment/Value

500

an argument on a specific topic

Forensic Progression

500

What's missing in the following statement? 


We "__________" that the government should provide free and equal access to health and education for all citizens regardless of status.

Resolve

500

The following is an example of which type of Resolution

 Everyone should dress in casual professional dress no matter what their profession is.


Resolution (Proposition) of Value/Judgment 

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