Basics
The Aff
DAs/Weighing
Counterplans
Potporouri
100

What is the first speech of a debate round?

1AC

100

What is the first part of an affirmative? 

Inherency

100

What part is the "status quo"?

Uniqueness

100

What must every counterplan start with?

Counterplan text

100

What is a part of a topicality argument? 

Interpretation, violation, standards, voters

200

Out of logos, pathos, and ethos, which means credibility aka presentation aka. aura aka rizz?

Ethos

The others are: logos (logic) and pathos (emotional appeal)

200

What is the part of the aff that comes after the plan?

Solvency

200

What connects the affirmative case to disadvantage?

Link

200

What is one popular type of counterplan?

Actor counterplan 

Process counterplan

PIC

200

What is the type of negative argument that deals with philosophical or ideological appoaches to debate?

Kritiks
300

CX debate deals with questions of ______ ? 

Policy

300

What are the 5 stock issues. 

Inherency, Harms, Solvency, Significance, Topicality

300

What part directly connects to the impact?

Internal link

300

What must the counterplan directly do in relation to the plan?

Compete

300

What is one of the parts of a resolution?

Actor, direction, qualifiers

400

What are the three parts of an argument? 


Claim, Warrant, Evidence
400

What should you always say to any counterplan?

Permutation - we should do both

400

What part of weighing/impact calc deals with how likely the impact is to occur?

Probability

400
A net-benefit is also what type of negative argument?

Disadvantage

400

What are the 4 of the 5 parts of weighing/impact calculus?

Magnitude, probability, timeframe, reversibility, prereqs  (try or die acceptable substitute)

500

What is the 1NR and 2NR together called? And how should you and your partner approach it aka. what should you do? " ______ the _______ "

The negative block. 

Split the block.

500

What are two of the several possible answers to a disadvantage?

Non-unique, no link, link turn, no internal link, internal link turn, no impact, impact turn

500

What is the argument called that says that your impact causes their impact to happen too/you prevent their impact? (Hint: there are two names for this)

Prereq or internal link turn

500

What are the two ways a counterplan competes?

Mutual exclusivity

Net beneficial

500

WHAT is KEY!!!!!!

CONFIDENCE!!!

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