A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
What is advantage?
100
The action of putting into words an idea or feeling of a specified type.
What is articulation?
100
A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward.
What is a debate?
100
The act of looking directly into one another's eyes.
What is eye contact?
100
The action of showing something to be right or reasonable.
What is justification?
200
The side in a debate that upholds the proposition.
What is affirmative (team)?
200
The obligation to prove one's assertion.
What is burden of proof?
200
Sometimes referred to as top-down logic.
What is deductive reasoning?
200
A gesture executed with the facial muscles.
What are facial expressions?
200
A formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
What is a testimony?
300
Any type of thinking that relies upon an analogy.
What is analogical reasoning?
300
States that the rebuttal of any truth assertion must refute at least one of the issues by the affirmative argument, otherwise, the affirmative assertion stands.
What is burden of rebuttal?
300
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
What is evidence?
300
A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.
What are gestures?
300
Specifies that U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who request it.
What are time rules?
400
Act or process of imparting life, motion, spirit, interest, or activity.
What is animation?
400
The act or instance of comparing.
What is comparison?
400
Speeches that contain statistics and factual information.
What is exact language?
400
The correction of improper grammar.
What is grammatical correctness?
400
The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
What is a language?
500
Statements and responses that are suitable or proper in the circumstances.
What is appropriate language?
500
First four speeches of a debate round.
What are constructive speeches?
500
A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
What are examples?
500
A stock issue in policy debate that refers to a barrier that keeps a harm from being solved in the status quo.