Fall Semester Debate Terms

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Across
  1. 2. the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary argument
  2. 4. a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  3. 5. assert or affirm strongly
  4. 9. a fact or body of facts on which a belief or judgment is based; the means by which you establish credibility for your arguments
  5. 12. the quality of being believable or trustworthy
  6. 14. the act of yielding
  7. 16. a method for taking notes in debate; uses parallel columns to diagram arguments
  8. 18. study of the technique for using language effectively
  9. 19. the statements of main ideas in a speech; the major arguments advanced by both affirmative and negative debaters
Down
  1. 1. reasoning behind a claim
  2. 3. the side that argues in favor of the resolution
  3. 6. short account of an incident
  4. 7. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
  5. 8. an image of oneself that one presents to the world
  6. 10. rejects the resolution; arguments are adapted and applied to affirmative case
  7. 11. simple, declarative statement which states the proposition to be decided in the debate
  8. 13. examination the questioning of your opponent and the answering of questions put to you by your opponent
  9. 15. reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  10. 17. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity