Vocabulary
This statement contains the overall ideas of an essay
Thesis
The part of debate where the teams argue against points made by an opposing team.
The art or skill of debate and/or argumentation
Rhetoric
A Fallacy is
A mistake in an argument
This type of sentence introduces new ideas within an essay
Topic Sentence
Usually found at the beginning of an argument but explains a topic and the speaker's view of the topic
Claim
This is the team that supports the resolution.
The Affirmative Team
This fallacy is an attack on a person instead of the problem at hand.
Ad Hominem
Sometimes people would rather believe a popular lie than an inconvenient truth. This is an example of ...
Bias
The speaker should always include this part of the argument at the end
Conclusion
This is introduced by the first speaker at the beginning of the debate
Claim
This fallacy takes an opponent's argument, exaggerates it THEN argues against the exaggerated argument instead of the argument presented
Straw Man
Name the three types of Resolutions
Fact, Value/Judgment/Policy
The art or skill of debate and/or argumentation
Rhetoric
__________supports your claim, such as, statistics, references, quotes, analogies etc.
Evidence
Billy Bob: Did you hear that?! So Obama thinks that the rich should pay for immigrants' health care.
Straw Man
This proposition Represent judgements and preferences about what is important
Proposition of Judgment/Value
an argument on a specific topic
Forensic Progression
What's missing in the following statement?
We "__________" that the government should provide free and equal access to health and education for all citizens regardless of status.
Resolve
The following is an example of which type of Resolution
Everyone should dress in casual professional dress no matter what their profession is.
Resolution (Proposition) of Value/Judgment