Vocabulary
BP stands for...
British Parliamentary
Which speaker does not typically have any refutation and why?
Prime Minister (no speech comes before it)
How long is BP prep time?
15 minutes
When the 1st speaker outlines the structure of their team's arguments
What is signposting?
What are the two types of refutation?
Direct Refutation, Indirect Refutation
Name 2 types of motions
Policy, Value
The 2 speakers that make up the Closing Government (CG) team
Member of Government/ Government Member (GM) and Government Whip (GW)
In the motion THW ban homework, how could you weigh students and parents?
Ex. Students are more important because they are most directly impacted
Name 2 rules that a speaker should follow when giving POIs
Cannot exceed 15 seconds, must be during unprotected time (after first 30 secs, before last 30 secs), must be from opposite team, cannot POI your own bench, 15 seconds in between POIs
Define "squirreling."
Giving an unfair model
Which speaker is able to give refutation that cannot be responded to [easily]?
OW - last speaker of the round
Give me a model for the motion THW ban zoos.
Ex. TH = Canada, banning = outlaw, zoos = for profit animal holders. If zoos are run, jail time. Existing zoos would be shut down, privately run outside of public eye until animals organically die and then closed forever.