General Debate
To synthesize a holistic solution or perspective on a controversial topic.
What is the purpose of debate?
"Yes, please"
"No, thank you"
What are appropriate ways to respond to POIs?
The number of members on an Asian Parliamentary debate team.
What is 3 (members)?
This is the acronym for creating an argumentative speech. (Acronym example: EBS)
What is AREL?
Debate has been practiced for centuries, with some of the earliest known debates taking place in this place.
What is ancient Greece?
This is the statement over which the debate occurs.
What is the motion or resolution?
The first and last minute of constructive speeches.
What is protected time?
One of these speakers is required to make a reply speech at the end of the debate.
Who are the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, Deputy Prime Minister, or the Deputy Opposition Leader?
Reasons, facts and statistics, and anecdotal or personal evidence.
What are examples of support for an argument?
Even if a topic is unfamiliar or information on the topic is lacking, a debater should speak as if they are this.
What is an expert?
This is the collection of combined persuasive arguments that a team argues in a debate.
What is a case?
"Good evening fellow members of the Parliament and honorable adjudicators..." is an example of this.
What is a formal introduction?
This is the speaker that exists in British Parliamentary debate, but not Asian Parliamentary debate.
What is the Government or Opposition Member?
While constructive speeches generally rely on facts, reasons, and logical arguments, this speech relies heavily on emotional persuasion.
What is a reply speech?
The word "debate" comes from this language's word "debattuere," which means to "beat down" or "dispute."
What is Latin?
Who are stakeholders?
Debaters are asked to avoid making POIs back-to-back within 15 seconds also known as this.
What is baracking?
This is the only role that does not rebut arguments.
Who is the Government's Prime Minister?
These are the major arguments necessary for building a policy case.
What are status quo, stakeholder, and issue arguments?
Who is Barack Obama?
Reasoning, evidential support, style, and making POIs, among other criteria.
What are the criteria by which adjudicators determine the winner of the debate?
This purposeful misinterpretation of motion terms is frowned upon in debate.
What is squirreling?
This is time difference between BP and AP debate.
What is 14 minutes?
This speech has the majority of the team's major arguments.
What is the 1st speech?
The Asian Parliamentary Assembly was created in this year.
What is 2006?