A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
What is fallacy?
100
The source or text that contains the argument being used.
What is citation?
200
A statement made by an expert on a given topic.
What is an expert opinion?
200
Building an argument with a set of reasons, supporting facts, and arguments that shows why we should affirm or negate (agree or disagree) the resolution.
What is the Constructive Speech?
200
This is the team arguing against the change.
What is the opposition?
200
How believable a source or argument is.
What is credibility?
200
The act of struggling with an problem.
What is to grapple?
300
Information expressed as numbers which are presented in text, examples, or in charts or graphs.
What is statistics?
300
An opportunity for one debater to ask the other side questions.
What is the cross examination.
300
People in the audience call this out when they strongly agree with a well made argument.
What is Hear! Hear!?
300
The act of passing severe judgement; faultfinding.
What is criticism/criticize?
300
This connects your argument to possible consequences which shows what the long-term or far-reaching effects will be.
What is impact?
400
Brief personal stories that illustrate a point.
What are anecdotes?
400
The topic being debated.
What is the motion/resolution/assertion?
400
People in the audience call this out when they strongly disagree with a particular argument.
What is Shame!?
400
This says that one event or action causes a subsequent event.
What is causation?
400
To end a law, contract, or agreement officially.
What is rescinding?
500
Specific instances or illustrations of a general idea.
What are examples?
500
A statement at the end of a debate that restates the main points and states the action being requested to be taken.
What is the summary?
500
An idiom for an argument that is used over and over again.
What is to beat a dead horse?
500
This says that while two things happen around the same time, one does not cause the other.
What is correlation?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! In a debate, the sides are the proposition team and the opposition team. These are the opposing sides in a courtroom.