Stock Issues
The four stock issues
Topicality, Significance, Inherency, Solvency
What is Team Policy debate?
"a debate about policies"
"has two people"
"fixes a problem"
The two categories of general questions
1). Open-ended
2). Close-ended
The times for:
A constructive speech
A rebuttal speech
Prep time
8, 5, 5
The state animal of Washington
The marmot
Topicality
"is the issue within the resolution?"
The parts of evidence.
Tag, citation, quotation, summary.
The general to format arguments
Claim, warrant, impact
Voting Issues
Luke Skywalker's call-sign in the Original Trilogy
Red 5
Solvency
"will it solve the problem?"
Three Negative Strategies
1). Defending the status quo
2). Minor repair
3). Counterplan
The three categories of Cross-Examination questions
Clarifying
Ship-sinking
Bolstering
The order of speeches in a debate round.
1st Affirmative Constructive
1st Negative Constructive
2nd Affirmative Constructive
2nd Negative Constructive
1st Negative Rebuttal
1st Affirmative Rebuttal
2nd Negative Rebuttal
2nd Affirmative Rebuttal
Captain Jack stores Davy Jones' heart in...
A jar of dirt
Inherency
"will something prevent the solution/is something already solving the problem?"
The Three Pillars of Communication
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
The English translation of "Prima Facie"
"First impression"
Recite the resolution exactly
Resolved: the United States Government should significantly reform its policies regarding higher education.
The names of your Legacy Competitors
Rachel A., Jedi I., Addie K., Tovia C.
Significance
The 5 types of significance
"is it a big problem?"
Scope, magnitude, social, traditional, moral
Two requirements for a Counter-plan to negate the resolution
1). Be non-topical
2). Solve the problem
The English translation of "Ad Hominum" and "Status Quo"
"attack on the man" and "state of affairs"
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Speaker Point Categories
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Persuasiveness
Organization
Delivery/Conduct
Evidence
Cross-Examination
Refutation
The main characters of the tongue twisters
Sam Sloane, Bobby Brown, Dana