The affirmative is the statement that the affirmative team and the opposition team are debating about. One team agrees with the affirmative, and another disagrees with it.
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Who are the main members of a debate?
The 1st and 2nd Affirmative Team members, and the 1st and 2nd Opposing Team members are the main people in a debate.
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What is eye contact?
Eye contact is when you look at the audience when speaking.
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What are improper inferences?
Improper inferences are when someone makes false guesses.
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What does testimony mean?
A testimony is a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
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What do the team members do in a Rebuttal?
In a rebuttal, team members try to get points when disproving the other team.
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What do the 1st and 2nd Affirmative members do?
The argue against the opposing team and agree with the affirmative.
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What are facial expressions?
Facial Expressions are the expressions you make that can convince the audience in a debate.
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What is attacking the speaker?
Attacking the speaker is when you say bad things about the speaker.
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What is an analogy?
An analogy is a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification
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What do the team members do in a Constructive?
In a constructive, team members build up on information and evidence; they let the public get a general idea of what they are talking about and try to convince them to agree.
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What do the 1st and 2nd Opposing Team members do?
They argue against the affirmative statement
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What gestures might you use in a debate?
Hand gestures you might make are pointing, shrugging, and indicating the audience.
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What is circular reasoning?
Circular reasoning is when you use the original statement as a reason as to why your statement it correct.
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What do omissions mean?
An omission is someone or something that has been left out or excluded.
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How many minutes are you allowed to write a Rebuttal?
You are allowed to have 10 minutes to write a new speech called a rebuttal.
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What is the order of a debate?
The Order-
1st Affirmative Constructive
1st Opposition Constructive
2nd Affirmative Constructive
2nd Opposition Constructive
1st Opposition Rebuttal
1st Affirmative Rebuttal
2nd Opposition Rebuttal
2nd Affirmative Rebuttal
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What best describes a monotone voice.
A. a clear voice
B. a voice that stays the same
C. an expressionless voice
C. an expressionless voice.
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What is a false cause?
A false cause is when your evidence doesn't match what you are saying.
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What does articulation mean?
Articulation means the action of putting into words an idea or feeling of a specified type.
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What are 5 things to use when writing a good speech?
5 things to use are evidence, examples, Analogical reasoning, Counter Examples, and Statistics.
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What job does a Judge have?
There are 3 judges who grade the teams and decides the winner of the debate.
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What is animating your voice?
Animating is speaking in a high and low voice and making many gestures so the judges are sure to notice your enthusiasm.
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What is the meaning of correlation?
Correlation is a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
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What does inherency mean?
Inherency is a stock issue in policy debate that refers to a barrier that keeps a harm from being solved in the status quo.