Parts of the Affirmative
Types of Negative Argument
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Vocabulary
Flow + Lab Leaders
100
the name of the case pages that describe the harms the plan avoids
What is Advantage?
100
the negative argument that defends the status quo, by arguing that the plan causes something really bad to happen
What is DA?
100
the first 4 speeches in the debate
What are the constructives?
100
the word that means "shockingly bad"
What is "egregious"?
100
when you bring one of your previously-read cards into the speech you're currently giving
What is an extension?
200
the name of the case page that explains how/why the plan solves the advantages
What is solvency?
200
the type of argument that proposes a different plan
What is a CP?
200
the 3 minute question-answer session after each constructive
What is cross examination?
200
the word that means confusing two things
What is "conflate"?
200
when you forget to answer an argument, you are...
What is "dropping" the argument?
300
the name for the 1AC cards that explain what is happening in the status quo
What is Inherency?
300
the argument that says the plan isn't an example of the resolution
What is Topicality?
300
the amount of prep time
What is 8 minutes?
300
the word that means "actually happened"
What is "empirical"?
300
the team Dillon debates for
What is Gonzaga?
400
1AC statement of the Aff advocacy
What is the plan?
400
the type of argument that criticizes the underlying philosophical assumptions of the Aff
What is a K?
400
a 5 minute conclusion speech
What is a rebuttal?
400
the word that means "spread of nuclear weapons"
What is "proliferation"?
400
the school Beth goes to
What is Johns Hopkins?
500
the word that explains how we imagine that the plan happens
What is fiat?
500
when your Neg DA doesn't link to your CP but does link to the plan, the DA is called...
What is a net benefit?
500
The total length of a high school debate round
What is 80 minutes?
500
the word that means "leadership and power in the international system"
What is "hegemony"?
500
the name of our lab
What is Ubiquitors?
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