Debate Stratagies
Ways to refute your opponents
Speeches and other parts
Types of Teams and More Strategies
Ways to prove you are right
100
The act in which the speakers looks into the audience.
What is eye contact?
100
Starting and ending with the same information.
What is circular reasoning?
100
The first four speeches of a debate round
What is constructive speeches?
100
Disagreement with the opposite side.
What is and argument?
100
The partial similarity of a statement.
What is an analogy?
200
Emotions shown on the speaker's face indicating emotions and making the speech more interesting.
What is facial expression?
200
Lacking with flow and relation to other facts.
What is inconsistency?
200
Overcoming arguments by the opposing team and further explaining your own.
What is rebuttal?
200
A team that attempts to secure the acceptance of a proposition.
What is an affirmative team?
200
Showing or proving your reasoning is valid with statistics and factual evidence.
What is justification?
300
Facts or information giving proof that a belief or proposition is true or valid.
What is evidence?
300
The issue in the first affirmative speech that that says there is a defect in the status quo.
What is needs issue?
300
The negative side gives a plan that they believe is better than the affirmative.
What is counter plan?
300
Giving each speaker a certain amount of time to speak.
What are time rules?
300
The existing state of issues.
What is status quo?
400
The logical process in which a conclusion is based off of true facts or eliminating false information.
What is deductive reasoning?
400
Relation or importance to the topic.
What is significance?
400
The answer or solution a side has proposed.
What is a resolution?
400
A spoken statement.
What is testimony?
400
A documented fact or opinion.
What is proof?
500
Challenging your opponents points and showing flaws in their argument.
What is refutation?
500
Unclear or fault in reasoning
What is fallacy?
500
The negative team gives examples why the plan won't work.
What is burden of rebuttal?
500
Blending all points and joining them into one main idea.
What is articulation?
500
Leaving out a part or important fact.
What is omission?