Speeches
The first speech in your round (Not "Case")
What is the Constructive?
The weighing mechanism based on the likelihood of something happening
What is probability?
An inexperienced judge that takes less notes
What is a lay judge?
The amount of rounds in a typical tournament (Two possible answers)
What is 4/5?
What is debate?
The shortest speech
What is Final Focus?
The weighing mechanism based on number of people affected
What is scope?
An experienced judge that takes many notes
The name of the last tournament of this school year (Held in March)
What is States?
We are bringing debate into 2026 (What is yes/What is no)
What is yes?
The number of crossfires within a round
What is Three?
Giving a guide to what you will say before/during a speech
What is an off-time roadmap/signposting?
A score given to individual debaters based on eloquence and politeness
What are speaker points?
A school we have gone to this year for a tournament
What is Newton South/Arlington/Lexington/Sharon?
Coin Flip (What is heads/What is tails)
What is tails?
The only impromptu speech given by the first speaker
What is Summary?
A rebuttal method based in flipping the opponent's argument to your side
What is a turn?
The result of a round (W/L)
What is a ballot?
The name of the last tournament we went to (January) (You can say just the school)
What is Newton South Winter Festival?
The full name of every officer
What is Orla Crosse, Ben Neugebauer, Penelope Jain, Kevin Gordon
The order of the speeches (No crossfire)
What is Constructive, Rebuttal, Summary, Final Focus
Reading a case so fast some of the words may not be understandable
What is spreading?
Explanation of the criteria/mechanisms by which the judge should evaluate the debate
What is framework?
The amount of tournaments scheduled for this year
What is 6/7?
Basically John Debate
What is Tim Averill?