Debate Nine Weeks' Review
Across
- 3. time during the debate designated to prepare arguments for the speeches that follow
- 6. Latin term meaning "the existing state of affairs" or how things are today
- 9. type of legislation that describes the details of how a policy would be enacted, if voted into law
- 12. topic of the debate that will either be affirmed or negated
- 14. final terrible result that will happen because of the plan’s change to the current state of things today
- 15. side of the debate that defends, argues for, and promotes the resolution
- 16. structure of a World Schools debate
- 19. method for developing a strong argument
- 20. principle or standard by which the resolution is evaluated
- 23. barriers preventing the adoption of the plan in the current system
- 25. specific written proposal made by a member or committee for the assembly to debate
- 26. side of the debate that attacks and argues against the acceptance the resolution
- 27. proof of why the proposed plan will work and solve the harms that would happen without the plan
- 28. system of note-taking used by debaters that documents how all the arguments of the round relate
- 30. policy proposed by the affirmative
- 32. structure of a Lincoln-Douglas debate
- 33. time allowed in a debate for one side of the round to ask questions of the other side
- 34. assertion or thesis in a Toulmin argument
- 35. major issue or value in the debate that is also called a point
- 36. structure of a policy debate
Down
- 1. speeches given a the beginning of the deabte to introduce the arguments that focus on each side of the resolution
- 2. speech designed to oppose what the other team has presented
- 4. prepared arguments in favor of a team’s side of the motion
- 5. side arguing that the motion is true
- 7. allows for special cases that might not fit the overall assertion and helps establish credibility in a Toulmin argument
- 8. chain of events that would happen if the affirmative's plan was accepted that would end with some terrible happening
- 10. legislative chamber debating what the government would or should do
- 11. contentious assertion that forms the basis for debate
- 13. smaller points within a substantive
- 15. benefits gained from adopting the affirmative plan
- 17. argument’s foundational evidence that justifies the main viewpoint in a Toulmin argument
- 18. additional evidence used to support the main assertion in a Toulmin argument
- 21. acknowledges the other side of the argument and persuades readers to ignore bias in a Toulmin argument
- 22. short interjected question or objection by 1 of the 3 members of the other team
- 24. speeches intended to explain why each side has already won the debate
- 29. side arguing that the motion is not true
- 31. connects the assertion and evidence by providing the “because” in a Toulmin argument