POIs
What does POI stand for?
Point of Information
What is a motion?
The subject or topic of discussion.
What is framing
Framing is how a team sets up the debate by explaining what matters, how the motion should be understood, and what criteria should be used to evaluate the debate.
What does DPM stand for
Deputy prime minister
What fallacy is this?
"we want stricter gun laws"
"they want to ban guns"
Strawman
What is the history of the POI pose?
Hold the wig and show that you are unarmed
What does gov argue in a THR motion
The world if x did not exist
Why is characterization important?
Because arguments rely on you explaining why people act in the way they do why things happen in the SQ. Without it your argument relys completely on assumptions
What is the role of GW and OW?
To give a biased summary of the debate in favour of their side. (with refutation and differentiation from its opening half)
What is a dogmatism?
Treating a belief as an unquestionable truth → not explaining it → skipping the steps to a valid claim
You have accepted zero POIs: why does this hurt your score?
It shows a lack of engagement.
THW ban single-use plastics.
What type of motion?
Policy
Why should impacts be explained rather than simply stated?
Because judges need to understand why the impact happens and why it is exclusive to your side
What is the importance of the model, and what happens if a team cannot clearly define it?
basically frame the entire debate.
The opposition can easily attack it as unclear, unrealistic, or unworkable
What is this?
That argument cannot be true because he got a D in english
Ad Hominen
After the speaker answers your prompt, can you respond?
no
Difference between policy and value motion?
Policy: proposing a new/change in policy
Value: argues morals, values
What are the five parts of a basic argument?
Claim + characterization+ analysis + impact + weigh
Why should a whip speech not introduce new arguments?
Its role is biased summary and comparative analysis, not bringing in new material
Cannot be refuted.
What is this?
Since three politicians lied, all politicians are corrupt
Hasty generalization
Can you POI your own side?
no
What does it mean to defend the status quo?
To argue for the way the world is now, usually donre by opposition .
What's wrong with saying "all politicians are corrupt" as characterization?
It unfairly assumes all members of a group behave the same way
What is the order of speakers in BP?
PM-LO-DPM-DLO-MG-MO-GW-OW
What is a false dichotomy?
Only presenting two extreme/completely different options, when more exist
Paining options to be black and white, when there are different shades of grey