AFF and NEG
Cards and Cases
Consequences
Counterplans and Kritiks
Mechanics
100

Current state of affairs

What is the status quo?

100

Part of card that expresses claim

What is a tagline?

100

Ultimate consequence

What is an impact?

100

Test of competition

What is a permutation?

100

Assumption that plan is implemented

What is FIAT?

200

Category of arguments against Affirmative arguments

What are on-case arguments?

200

Reasoning

What is a warrant?

200

Authority that supports Affirmative plan

What is a solvency advocate?

200

Kritikal proposition to address harms instead of plan

What is an alternative?

200

Arguments about debate rules

What is theory?

300

Duty of Negative to prove Affirmative wrong

What is the burden of rejoinder?

300

Prepared response to argument

What is a frontline?

300

Argument that causal relationship occurs in reverse

What is a link turn?

300

Plan and counterplan cannot be done simultaneously

What is mutual exclusivity?

300

Criteria for evaluating debate

What is framework?

400

Arguments available to each position

What is ground?
400

Continuance and development of original argument

What is an extension?

400
Forced choice between two negative options

What is a double bind?

400

Test of advantages/disadvantages between plan and counterplan

What is a net benefit?
400

Affirmative goes beyond scope of Resolution

What is extratopicality?

500

Negative should win because Affirmative has failed burden of proof

What is presumption?

500

Outline for generic argument

What is a shell?
500

Issue-specific description of status quo

What is uniqueness?

500

Inability to address harms as effectively

What is a solvency deficit?

500

Plan is implemented as typical policy

What is normal means?