Debate Vocabulary
Across
- 2. a method of reasoning/thinking
- 5. defend, explain, or make excuses for by reasoning
- 7. the side that is for the resolution
- 9. to recognize or admit
- 11. having nothing to do with the subject
- 13. connected with or related to the subject
- 15. a response that refutes an argument; a comback
- 17. mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail
- 19. the opposite argument or viewpoint from what the speaker/writer is saying
- 20. a mental activity that consists of organizing information or beliefs into a series of steps to reach conclusions
Down
- 1. presenting a persuasive opinion
- 3. a cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable
- 4. two people equally trying to prove white side is "right" using a formal structure
- 6. to examine, assess, and judge carefully
- 8. confrontation in which people cross lives to prove to each other WHO or what is "right"
- 10. a statement or assertion that is open to challenge and that requires support
- 12. the topic of debate, always posed as a statement, not a question
- 14. relevant pieces of information that support a claim: facts, quotations, examples, statistics, or stories
- 16. the side that is against the resolution
- 18. a relationship between two variables