Research
What is one site you can use to find a reference source when starting to research a debate topic?
What is Britannica (or another reliable source)?
What are the two possible positions your team can take on a debate?
What are opposition and affirmative?
What is the main purpose of a closing statement?
What is to summarize why your team won and persuade the judge to vote for your side?
During cross-examination, should you ask a long, multi-part question or a short, direct question?
What is a short, direct question?
What should your team do before the debate to make sure everyone knows their responsibilities?
What is discuss a plan and assign roles and responsibilities?
Why should you record the source of a statistic or quotation you plan to use in your debate?
What is to verify the information, give credit, and support your credibility?
What is the purpose of a hook at the beginning of an opening statement?
What is to capture the audience's attention?
Instead of repeating every argument from the debate, how many key issues should you generally focus on in your closing statement?
What are the two or three most important issues?
Your opponent gives a long speech instead of answering your question. What should you politely do?
What is redirecting them to the original question and asking for a direct answer?
What is one tool your team can use to organize its arguments, evidence, and speaking roles?
What is a graphic organizer?
Your team is arguing that school uniforms should be required. Name two types of evidence you could research to support your position.
What are statistics, studies, expert opinions, or real-world examples?
Put these parts in a logical order: thesis, greeting, roadmap, hook, and motion/position.
What is greeting, hook, motion/position, thesis, and roadmap?
What should you compare when weighing the impacts of both teams' arguments?
What are the importance, scale, speed, and lasting effects of each side's impacts?
Why is it risky to bluff or invent an answer when you do not know a fact during cross-examination?
What is that it can damage your credibility and make your other arguments less convincing?
Why should your team decide who will deliver each part of the debate before the event begins?
What is to prevent confusion, avoid unnecessary repetition, and ensure every part is covered?
After researching your own side, what should you investigate about the opposing team's position, and why?
What are their main arguments and evidence, so you can prepare rebuttals and cross-examination questions?
In the P.R.E. structure, what do the three letters stand for?
What are Point, Reason, and Example (evidence)?
If your opponent's argument has a smaller positive impact than your team's argument, what should you explain to the judge?
What is why your team's argument has a greater overall impact and is more important?
What should you do if your opponent makes a claim but cannot provide evidence to support it?
What is asking them to explain their evidence or pointing out that their claim is unsupported?
Your team has strong evidence, but nobody knows who will present it or when. What organizational problem does this demonstrate, and how can you fix it?
What is a lack of role and speech planning, which can be fixed by assigning speakers, organizing evidence, and creating a shared outline or script?
Your source claims that a policy improved student performance, but it provides no data or explanation. What should you do before using this claim in your argument?
What is verifying the claim using credible sources, looking for supporting data and context, and avoiding reliance on unsupported evidence?
What should a team include in its opening statement to help the audience understand its main arguments?
What are a clear thesis and a roadmap of the team's main points?
What are the five main steps of a strong closing statement?
What are establishing the decision, reviewing the main issues, weighing the impacts, addressing the strongest opposing point, and ending with a clear call to vote?
According to the cross-examination guidelines, what should you do if you do not know the answer to a question?
What is admit that you do not know rather than bluffing or making up an answer?
Your team has 10 minutes to prepare. You have three speakers, six pieces of evidence, and several possible arguments. Describe a plan that makes the best use of your time.
What is quickly assign speaking roles, select the strongest arguments and evidence, organize them in a shared outline, and coordinate rebuttals and transitions? (Or good equivalent)