Debates
Cross-Examination
Vocabulary
Lecture Content
People
100

Which team supports the proposition?

Affirmative

100

What grammar form of question usually gets the longest answer?

WH - who, what when, where, why

or Grand Tour - Tell me about, Describe, Explain

100

What type of language is usually used by a particular group and may be considered too informal for school writing?

Slang

100

Give an example of English slang

cap/ no cap

Ick

Rizz

100

Who always asked thoughtful questions that made the class think more deeply? name and example

Student's name and reason

200

What are the three basic parts of an argument?

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning or Examples

200

Which questions get a yes/no answer?

Polar questions

200

What hormone is sometimes called the 'cuddle hormone'?

Oxytocin

200
In the following debate proposition, what are most semantically important words and why?


"Religious beliefs are essential for our lives."

'essential' and 'religious'

200

Who became much more confident speaking English compared to the beginning of the semester?
Name and evidence

Name and evidence

300

What are the three tasks to do in rebuttal?

Respond to attacks from cross-examination, present counter-claim, and restate your claim.

300

What king of question is added to the end of a sentence, like "Pineapple is great on sushi, don't you agree?"

Tag question

300

According to the memory lecture, what memory strategy is involved in remembering all the Great Lakes - Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior?

Acronym or Acrostic

300

Give two examples of signal markers from lectures this semester.

The main point
let's move on
Home in on
For instance

Because of, causes, affects, results in

300
Who in our class gave an amazingly strong piece of evidence in one of our debates? - you must remember the student's name, the debate, and what the evidence was.

Name, debate, evidence

400

What are the three. parts of our debate?

Opening statement, cross-examination, and rebuttal

400

What is the purpose of cross examination in debate?

To test, clarify, and challenge the opponent's arguments. 

400

What is the difference between a quotation and a paraphrase?

A quotation must use quotation marks and uses the exact words of the original.


400
What brain chemical is strongly connected with reward and attraction?

Dopamine

400

Who was especially good at helping teammates prepare for debates? Name and example

Name and example

500

What are three things your team should do to build a strong argument?

Make sure you have brainstormed all possible claims and ranked them before choosing, Make sure your claims do not overlap, make sure each claim has strong evidence.

500

What is an example of an advanced cross-examination question in terms of the question form-function relationship?

WH-Constrain

If money can buy happiness, then WHy are the suicide rates in developed countries like Korea and Japan so high?

500

What is the difference between correlation and causation?

Correlation means two things happen together

Causation means one thing causes another

500

What is intimacy?

A close personal relationship

500

Who do you think improved the most skills and qualities over the semester? Name and evidence

Name and evidence