argUMent Crossword - Debate

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Across
  1. 6. the side of the debate that will support the resolution
  2. 7. a series of statements intended to determine the degree of truth of another statement, the conclusion.
  3. 8. a word used to describe the ideas that prove your point
  4. 9. a statement that usually sets the topic for a given topic
  5. 10. did well enough in preliminary rounds to continue on to the elimination rounds
Down
  1. 1. it provides the “clash of ideas” that makes debating different from public speaking
  2. 2. this is where the organizers of the tournament create schematics and make decisions.
  3. 3. someone who presides, judges, and arbitrates during a formal dispute or competition
  4. 4. a statement of what the debater intends to prove
  5. 5. the final two speakers of the debate