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Debate Etiquette
Fallacies
Parts of a Round
Fallacies II
Vocab
100
You speak to this person while giving speeches.

The Judge

100
Trying to persuade others by catering to their emotions

Appeal to Emotion

100

The opening speech of a debate that establishes your argument

Constructive

100
Stereotyping a class of people based on one member of that class

Hasty Generalization

100

An article that has been broken up into a quickly understandable summary of the article

Card

200
You look at this person during cross examination

The Judge

200

Going off on a tangent that is unrelated to the argument, and not returning to the original argument

Red Herring

200

The part of the round where two debaters ask questions back and forth to poke holes in the other's case.

Cross Examination

200
When the logic and reasoning is correct, but does not relate to the argument at hand

Missing the point

200

When one or more debaters are allowed to ask questions for an allotted period of time.

Cross Fire

300

The expected dress code for debate

Business Casual

300

Walmart is the best place to buy groceries, because there is no better place to buy groceries.

Circular Reasoning

300

The response speech to the opponent's case

Rebuttle

300

Relying on a chain reaction to support an entire argument

Slippery slope

300
When a debater fails to mention a topic at some point in the debate

Dropped point

400

After a debate you will shake these people's hands

Your opponents

400

"My opponent did not tie his tie right, and his hair is disheveled, so how can you trust his argument?"

Ad Homonym

400
The second speech that a 2nd speaker will give
Final Focus
400

Using an analogy to support an argument, but the represented points from the analogy are not relevant to the matter at hand

Weak analogy

400

The paper or digital method of tracking the "flow" of a debate

Flow

500

The most important mannerism to mantain throughout the debate

Professionalsim

500

My leg started hurting after I ate breakfast, therefore, breakfast hurt my leg.

Post Hoc

500

The part of a round where all 4 debaters ask questions back and forth

Grand Cross

500

Selling a product by "guilt-tripping" the buyer into a purchase

Appeal to pity

500

Taking an article out of context, misrepresenting what the author originally wrote

Clipping