Speech Burdens
This number of minutes is given for every speaker's speech.
What is five minutes?
The best way to come up with refutations on the spot.
What is "reading/knowing the case beforehand?"
A provable, subjective statement.
What is an assertion?
A flow sheet will follow this order of speeches.
What is P-O-P-O-O-P?
This instructor's mom coaches debate at Wilberforce!
Who is Maria?
This is the only speech in a debate tournament that doesn't need to refute.
Who is first prop?
The four steps of a refutation.
What are 1) They say . . . 2) But we say . . . 3) Because . . . 4) Therefore . . .
The four basic parts of an argument.
What are assertion, reasoning, evidence, and impact?
True or False: Writing down everything is an example of good flowing.
What is false?
This instructor's brother has one both the Top Team Award and The Golden Gavel in the same tournament!
Who is John?
These speakers have the job of "weighing" the debate.
Who are the 3rd/rebuttal speakers?
The process of refuting the refutations your opponents made to your own points.
What is counter-refuting?
Where the weakest argument is usually placed.
Flowing is helpful to teammates for this reason.
What is "They might miss something?"
This instructor once began their speech by saying "Jumbo Shrimp."
Who is Abby?
The two most important jobs of the second speaker.
What are refuting and counter-refuting?
Refutations are also know by these other two names.
What are blocks and rebuttals?
This type of argument deals with the treatment of human beings.
What is a humanitarian argument?
The process of abbreviating your words into recognizable symbols is called this.
What is shorthand?
These two instructors will be attending the same university next fall!
Who are Abby and Joshua?
This speaker flows the ENTIRE debate round.
Who is EVERY speaker?
In debate, this is more important than actually proving your opponents' points false.
What is convincing the judge?
The impact part of an argument is usually described using the acronym MURPS which stands for this.
What is Magnitude, Urgency, Reversibility, Probability, and Severity?
E.g. is shorthand for this phrase.
What is "for example?"
These two instructors won the debate tournament at Jumpstart Debate Camp (debate camp before Golden Gavel Debate Camp) over SIX years ago.
Who are Abby and John?