Round Structure
These are what we call the affirmation and negation in a parli round.
What are the Government and the Opposition?
This speech defines the round and presents the team’s overall case.
What is the Prime Minister Constructive (PMC)?
Identify the type of round: Democracy is the best form of government.
What is a fact round?
These are the three components of a strong argument.
What are claim, warrant, and impact?
When asking a POI, a debater should keep it around this length of time.
What is around 10 seconds?
This is the very first speech in a parli round.
What is the Prime Minister Constructive (PMC)?
This speech responds to the Prime Minister by refuting their case and presenting the opposition’s overall arguments/case.
What is the Leader of Opposition Constructive (LOC)?
Identify the type of round: People ought to prioritize community over individual success.
What is a value round?
This is the term for directly responding to your opponent’s argument.
What is clash?
POIs may be asked only during these speeches.
What are constructive speeches?
This speech, delivered first in the round, usually lasts 7 minutes and sets up the government team’s case.
What is the Prime Minister Constructive?
These speeches come after the opening speeches, add depth to their team’s case, and clash directly with the other team’s arguments.
What are the Member of Government (MG) and Member of Opposition (MO)?
Identify the type of round: The USFG should eliminate use of the penny.
What is a policy round?
This is the skill of explaining why your side’s impacts matter more than your opponent’s.
What is weighing?
When you want to ask a POI, you should do this.
This is the term for taking notes to track the round’s arguments.
What is flowing?
This is the speech in the round that is focused heavily on weighing and crystallization.
What is the Prime Minister Rebuttal (PMR) or the Leader of the Opposition Rebuttal (LOR)?
Identify the type of round: Social media platforms create more political polarization than they reduce.
What is a fact round?
Provide a possible warrant for this argument: Increased investment in renewable energy will help fight climate change.
Ex: Renewable energy sources like solar and wind produce less greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuels, so increasing investment in them reduces the overall carbon footprint and slows global warming.
This is the maximum amount of POIs you should take during your speech.
What is 2?
These are the names of the two speeches where no new arguments should be introduced.
What are the Prime Minister Rebuttal (PMR) and the Leader of the Opposition Rebuttal (LOR)?
Besides summarizing their team’s case and refuting the other side, these speakers must strategically weigh the debate’s key points and indicate which arguments are most important to the judge’s decision.
Who are the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition?
Identify the type of round: Social media is harming teen mental health, so governments should regulate it.
What is a policy round?
In debate, this is the strategic framework used to decide which impacts the judge should prioritize, comparing magnitude, timeframe, and probability.
What is impact calculus?
A debater cannot ask or accept a POI during these two times within their speech.
What are the first and last minute of their speech (protected time)?