Values
Argumentation
Round Structure
Strategy
Random
100

The measuring stick for the round

What is the value?
100

Four point ref.

What are tag, claim, warrant, and impact?

100

45 minutes.

How long is an LD round?

100

3-4.5 minutes long.

How long should a negative case be?
100

Tournament attire.

What is business professional?

200

Measuring, achieving, and limiting.

What are the three types of criteria?

200

Current Events, Historical Application, Quotation (directly quoting a qualified individual that said something better than you could), Philosophy, Formal Studies (conducted by people with PhD’s), Contextual Statistics (opinion polls/studies conducted by newspapers, etc.), Logic

What are valid types of support?

200

This debater has three speeches in the round.

How many speeches does the affirmative have?

200

An argument that is minimized.

What is a wash?

200

The way that pairings are announced.

What are postings?

300

The reason to prefer your value.

What is a value link?

300

Tells the judge where you are on the flow.

What is a signpost?

300

An explanation the judge gives about who they are.

What is a judging philosophy?

300

Responding to multiple arguments at once.

What is grouping/cross-applying?
300
Limits and explains the resolution as a whole.

What is the resolutional analysis?

400

A value that is valuable inherently (by nature).

What is an intrinsic value?

400

This type of support does need a citation.

What is evidence?

400
The term used for when LD rounds are staggered in a tournament schedule.

What is flighting?

400

An argument that cannot be brought up again in a round.

What is a dropped argument?

400

The bottom half of the flow.

Where does the negative case go on the flow?

500

A value that is valuable because of what it offers.

What is an extrinsic value?

500

The person you are trying to persuade in the round.

Who is the judge?

500

The way to decide who goes aff or neg in an outround.

What is flipping for sides?

500

When the negative says the resolution asks a bad question.

What is a kritik?

500

The three parts of CX.

What are tag, trip, tee?