Structure
Advantage, disadvantage
What is a counterplan? What must it be?
An advocacy that the NEG can propose. It MUST BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO THE PLAN!!!!!
The most commonly used weighing mechanism in a debate round.
What is Net Benefits (aka the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people) (aka Utilitarianism)?
An impact that outweighs literally everything else.
What is climate change (extinction also works)?
What is the name for the division of topics into policy, fact, and value?
TRICHOTOMY !!
Distinguish between policy, fact, and value rounds (and rank them!) - give examples too.
Policy: is the enaction of this plan a good or bad idea? Ex: The USFG should raise the minimum wage.
Fact: is this fact true or false? Ex: Dogs are better than cats.
Value: is this value / principle morally obligatory or harmful? Ex: The USFG ought provide housing to all individuals.
What is a PIC? Give an example.
A plan-inclusive counterplan.
Ex: The USFG should revoke the 2nd Amendment except for in Bear County, Maine.
What is the normal Method of Implementation (MOI) in the top-of-case?
Normal Ways & Means (NWM)
The speeches that have the most refuting in them (bonus points if you know their names!!).
What is the second AFF (MG) and second NEG (MO) speech.
The 2 founders + captains of the Menlo parli debate team - and the colleges that each are going to
Who are Melanie Goldberg and Henry Mishkin?
What is Harvard!!!
What is a warrant? What constitutes a good warrant?
Evidence + reasoning ; it should be true (mostly), from a reputable source, and it should ACTUALLY support the argument you're making.
What are two of the three aspects of a counterplan that you need to state?
What is Mutual Exclusivity, counterplan text, and solvency.
Which side has the responsibility of providing definitions? What about background?
Definitions: AFF
Background: both
What are the two types of refutation? Briefly explain both types.
Offensive and defensive.
Offensive arguments: unique reasons to vote for you
Defensive arguments: "neutralizing" - reasons to not vote against you, kind of
The norm that allows us to debate a plan's implications rather than its implementation
What is Fiat?
Describe what uniqueness is, and what it should look like on the AFF side and on the NEG side.
Uniqueness (UQ) = status quo.
AFF: Uniqueness should lay out a problem that the plan solves for
NEG: Uniqueness should say everything is fine (bonus: or lay out a DIFFERENT problem that the CP solves for)
Full name for "perm"
What is permutation?
The 4 components of a good top-of-case
What are Plan, Weighing Mechanism, Definitions, & Background?
The 3 terminalized impacts, and why we use them.
Death, dehumanization, and quality of life - we terminalize our impacts because it a) makes them hard to turn and b) makes it easy for the judge to vote on them.
Recreate any one of Persis's diagrams from our lessons on the board!
good luck...
The contention structure you use in fact and value rounds.
The contention structure you use in policy rounds.
What is claim-warrant-impact?
What is uniqueness-link-impact?
Explain why the CP and plan must be mutually exclusive. Explain the type of argument that argues that they're not mutually exclusive.
The 5 components of a good plan
What is Plan Text, Funding, Time Frame, Method of Implementation (MOI), Actor?
Explain the difference between a link turn and an impact turn, and then explain why you shouldn't do both on the same contention.
Impact turn = impact that you say is bad is actually good (or vice versa)
You can't do both because then you're saying "you don't cause a harmful impact" or "you actually cause a good impact" (turning yourself)
Are Persis and Sohum dating?
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!