Debate
True/False: A claim is a statement of your position and your reasons for taking that position.
True
What is our final project?
A competition to see who will have the most persuasive speech, and be allocated the most out of the Breakthrough Board's $10,000.
What is evidence?
Information you use to support and develop your argument.
What rhetorical device is this?
The classroom was a zoo.
Metaphor
What is the best subject at Breakthrough?
ELA, duhhhh
True/False: A closing statement reaffirms your initial claim and presents your final arguments.
True
Define persuasian
The act of convincing someone else of your argument or claim
Define statistics
A numerical fact or piece of data
What rhetorical device is this?
The classroom was like a zoo.
Simile
Why do kids need recess?
Physical activity is good for the brain and academic learning!
Define rebuttal
Your counterarguments against your opponents opening statement and arguments.
What does the "need" section of a speech explain to the audience?
The problem that your organization is working to solve.
Define testimony
A firsthand account
Which rhetorical device is this?
“And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.” - MLK
Anaphora
What does it mean to play the Devil's Advocate?
To purposefully argue for something you disagree with for the sake of debate.
What are the two sides in a debate called?
(hint: the fancy words)
Proposition & Opposition
What is the "action" section of your speech about?
Specific actions that the audience members can complete to further the cause / efforts of your organization.
What are the four types of evidence we've learned about so far this year?
Explicit, implicit, testimony, & statistics
Which rhetorical device is this?
“‘Gee, Great Aunt Nellie, why aren’t any goldfinches going to the goodies?’ ‘Oh,’ said Aunt Nellie, ‘They Thrive on thistle, and I thoroughly thought that I threw the thistle out there” - Dorie Thurston
Alliteration
(hint: the one he keeps showing clips from that is black & white, from 1957)
12 Angry Men
What is the order of events in a debate?
1. Opening Statements
2. Arguments
3. Rebuttals
4. Closing Statements
What is the order of a speech
(hint: 5 parts)
Hook, Need, Satisfy/Solution, Visualization, Action
What is the difference between explicit and implicit evidence.
Explicit: being told vs. implicit: being shown.
Write your own simile
True or false: There are more people with genius IQs living in China than there are people in the United States
False