STRUCTURE
The speech (not really a speech) where opponents ask each other questions with the intention of getting a concession. There are 3 of them in a round
The season Maddie and Elle first debated against each other
What is summer?
The two sides of a debate
Aff & neg (or pro and con)
The two speeches that second speakers do (excluding cross-fire)
What is rebuttal and final focus?
Where Maddie and Elle take debate
What is LUMOS?
The specific format in which public forum debaters take notes
What is flow?
How long are typical debate rounds?
What is 40-55 minutes?
The two speeches that first speakers do (excluding cross-fire)
What is case and summary?
What day of the week and for how long do Elle and Maddie do debate for
What is Wednesday and 2hrs?
The main ideas in someone's case are broken up into...
What are contentions?
How long do regular (non-finalist) debate tournaments last (middle school)?
What is 8 hours? (9am-5pm also acceptable)
Name the 3 cross-fires:
What is 1st cross, 2nd cross, and Grand Cross?
What's the longest case that Elle and Maddie have ever debated? (Word count to the nearest fifties)
What is 750s?
Name 3 weighing mechanisms in debate
What is scope, timeframe, magnitude, probability, and/or reversibility?
The system nearly every formal debate tournament is on
What is tabroom?
The round that comes after 2nd summary
Grand crossfire!
What has been Elle and Maddie's least favorite topic?
What is private prisons?
An impact which is at the end of a chain of events, a long-lasting impact (such as death)
What is a termanalized impact?
Points a judge awards you depending on how clear and respectful you were in round (25 is very low, 31+ is very high)
Speaker points