Debate Vocabulary
Across
- 4. Latin for “the state in which” or how things are now; negative side defends this in their debate.
- 5. No or false; the side that disagrees with the resolution and wants the present practice to stay the same
- 6. Yes or true; the side that agrees with the resolution and wants a change to present practices
- 8. The specific speech that a debater makes to build a case
- 10. The statement of the point to be debated.
- 11. The formal statement of the proposition.
- 12. To show that something is false or wrong
Down
- 1. The duty or responsibility to prove something; affirmative side has this duty.
- 2. A speech to weaken or contradict (counterclaim) an opponent’s earlier arguments, evidence and/or sources
- 3. Question & answer session immediately after a constructive speech
- 7. A formal contest of skill in reasoned argument.
- 9. A reason for favoring a side of a proposition.