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Things You Do
Things That Can Earn You Points
Parts That A Debate Consists Of
Things You Need In A Debate
Missulanious
100
Overcoming arguments by your opponents and re-explaining or rebuilding your own arguments.
What is a Rebuttal?
100
The act of looking directly into one another's eyes.
What is Eye Contact?
100
The team the opposes the proposition.
What is The Negative Team
100
Supportive statements.
What are Examples?
100
A formal oral controversy.
What is a Debate.
200
A form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something.
What is a Pitch?
200
A gesture executed using the facial muscles.
What are Facial Expressions?
200
The team that is for the proposition.
What is The Affirmative Team.
200
A documented fact to support your opinion.
What is Proof?
200
Conflicting evidence.
What is a Clash
300
Speeches that usually take 3 minutes and are said first in a debate to build up your argument.
What is a Constructive Speech?
300
Challenging your opponents' points by showing flaws or weaknesses in their arguments
What is a Refutation?
300
A statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.
What is the Proposition
300
The negative proposes a plan which they say is better than the affirmative plan.
What is a Counter Plan?
300
The process that you use to prove your point.
What is a Case?
400
An example that refutes a claim. You can use them to make your opponents lose points.
What are Counter Examples?
400
Facts or information indicating whether a belief is true or valid.
What is Evidence?
400
The time you have to to put things or oneself in readiness.
What is Preparation Time?
400
Is on the negative; has to prove that there is no need and the plan won't work.
What is Burden of Rebuttal?
400
The study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.
What are Statistics?
500
A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based on.
What is an Analogy?
500
The state of being full of life or vigor.
What is Animation?
500
The manner or style of a piece of writing or speech.
What is Language?
500
They have to prove that there is a need for change on the affirmative.
What is Burden of Proof?
500
A statement of opinion based on evidence.
What is an Assertion?