Lie, Cheat, and Steal
Talking Topically
Taking a Stand
Rules of the Road
Blocking Basics
100
The affirmative reads this to answer a negative's interpretation on topicality
What is a counter-interpretation?
100
This policy requires transportation infrastructure spending to go towards companies based in the United States.
What is Buy America/Buy American?
100
"DOT" stands for:
What is the Department of Transportation?
100
This side has the only back-to-back speeches in a debate.
What is the negative?
100
A brief introductory section placed at the top of a flow identifying and framing the most important issues in question.
What is an overview?
200
A status of counterplan that means the negative doesn't have to go for it
What is conditionality?
200
This impact area will be in a majority of your debates this year.
What is economics/economy?
200
HTF stands for:
What is the highway trust fund?
200
This speaker cross-examines the 2NC.
What is the 2A?
200
This argument should be made against every CP and K in the 2AC.
What is a permutation?
300
The affirmative is guilty of this if the plan text includes more than the resolution
What is extra-topicality?
300
This is the cause of 2.2% of all deaths globally.
What are car crashes?
300
"PTC" stands for:
What is the production tax credit?
300
Reading offense at both the link and impact level.
What is a double turn?
300
This Verbatim template style is a step above headers and a step below pockets.
What are hats?
400
This argument says that the aff's interpretation of the topic doesn't have to be the best, it just has to be 'good enough.'
What is reasonability?
400
This is a technique that countries like Saudi Arabia may use to control oil prices.
What is "flooding the market"?
400
"STRAHNET" stands for?
What is strategic highway network?
400
Including cross-x, each debater speaks for this long in every debate.
What is 19 minutes?
400
Press this key to make important text 'emphasized.'
What is F10?
500
A permutation must not be either of these to be completely theoretically legitimate.
What is severance and intrinsicness?
500
This transportation infrastructure can exist only on the open ocean.
What are sea lanes?
500
"OPEC" stands for:
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
500
Other than the 1AC and 1NC, you should generally take no prep before this speech.
What is the 1NR?
500
The 'S' in 'POSTAL' stand for this.
What is solvency?
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