Debate Lessons Past
The type of debate that gives you 30 minutes to prepare and you have very short speeches
What is Extemp Debate
What is the structure of a speech?
What is Intro, Body, Conclusion
The time used between speeches by individuals or teams to prepare?
What is prep time.
The formal argument construction, presented in the opening speech, complete with evidence.
What is a Contention.
The name of the "negative team" in PF Debate.
What is the Con Team.
What is the very first word(s) that start a speech?
What is an attention grabbing device (AGD) or hook.
The last speeches of the debate after the constructives are called the...
What are the Rebuttals
True or False: In Public Forum Debate, the Affirmative team does get the first and last speech of the debate.
What is False
The first speech the Negative Team reads in the PF Debate.
What is the Constructive Speech or Case.
The amount of time you have to prepare in Extemporaneous Speaking
What is 30 minutes
These are the three parts to make a coherent argument.
What are a claim, a warrant, and impact.
Should I choose to oppose a certain action or be on the side that disagreed with the topic proposed, I would be the what?
What is Negative
The amount of time for a rebuttal for PF Debate.
What is 4 minutes.
The last speech the Negative Team gives in PF Debate.
What is the Final Focus.
The name of the last cross-examination debate in a Public Forum debate where all members of each side stand up to question each other.
What is the Grand Crossfire
Speech main points are given a title known as a what?
What is a tagline.
The use of formal cited evidence in the correct formatting.
What are cut cards
Citation of evidence informally without proper formatting.
What is paraphrasing.
What is True.
The amount of time for PF Summary speeches
What is 3 minutes
What is the usual number of main points used to provide detail and answer the question/topic?
What is Three
The part of the argument that concerns "why it matters" sometimes referred to as the most important
What is the impact
True or False: In Public Forum Debate the Pro/Con teams must present a "plan" to solve the problem area in the topic.
What is False.
What is the phrase for main reasons given to vote or prefer a team (usually said in Final Focus)?
What are the Voters or Voting Issues