Cross-x
Counterplans
Extending Arguments in the Block
Disadvantages
Potpourri
100

Most questions in CX should be _______

Argumentative
Argue; don't ask

100

What is a conditional CP?

Kick it any time

100

What does EAR stand for?

Extend, Analytic, Read more evidence

100

What are the 4 parts of a disadvantage?

UQ, L, IL, !

100

Explain "Reject the arg, not the team"

Not a voter- kicking remedies the harms it created

200

Pacing- how many questions should you have written down before you start CX

9

200

What's "judge kick"

CP is conditional, even in the 2NR

200

What is the ratio of block arguments to 2AC arguments Matt said to set as a goal, all things equal

5:1

200

What are the three basic ways to do impact calculus? 

Magnitude, probability, timeframe

200

Enact arguably excludes ________ affs

Courts

300
Why shouldn't you interrupt your partner in CX? (aka, why does tag team belong in wrestling but not debate)

Disrupts their flow, signals lack of confidence

300

What's the definition of a legitimate perm

all of the plan + all or part of the CP

300

Label by _______, not by ________

Argument, author

300

How do you impact timeframe?

Intervening actors, or YODO

300
What are the 3 rules of flowing?

Horizontally tight, vertically spaced, start low

400

In CX, you should focus on:
A: Easy Wins
B: Complex arguments

B- Easy wins don't matter at the end of the debate

400

What's a severance perm

Severs / doesn't do some part of the aff

400

Claim - _________ - Author is the structure Matt described to talk about almost all arguments

Claim - Warrant - Author

400

What did Matt call the "Gold Standard" of impact calc?

Argument interaction (DA turns case)

400

What sets the order on off-case arguments

the 2AC

500

The CX of the 2AC should add 3 minutes to the _____

1NR

500

A dispo CP is one you can kick unless the aff straight turns. A straight turn on a CP is any combo of args except _____ and ______

perm + non-status theory

500

Label by __________ (as opposed to: "They say....")

Label by Negating
500

Describe a turns case argument for the soft on crime DA vs the forensics science aff

Increased sentencing, etc
500

What should the 1A be doing during 1NC off-case arguments, and during 1NC on-case arugments

Prepping for CX
Flowing & prepping for CX

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