LD Vocabulary
Across
- 4. reasoning behind a claim
- 5. a social principal so highly prized by an individual, group, or society that it becomes a goal to be pursued
- 7. facie set of arguments sufficient to lead a reasonable person to believe that the resolution is valid; involves meeting the stock issues for the type of resolution being debated
- 8. the plural of “criterion” indicating more than one standard
- 10. speeches in which debaters establish their reasons for accepting or rejecting the resolution; the first two speeches in the debate
- 12. letting judge know where you are headed (preview)
- 13. a method for taking notes in debate; uses parallel columns to diagram arguments
- 14. of value statement that says something is good or bad, right or wrong, useful or useless; statement simple, declarative statement which passes judgment on some concept, idea or practice, or which compares the worth of two or more concepts, ideas, or practices (used in LD)
- 15. of proof a rule indicating that the affirmative has the responsibility to establish the validity of the claim made by the resolution; the resolution is presumed invalid until the affirmative establishes otherwise
- 16. has evidence, source citation & explanation
- 19. the side that argues in favor of the resolution
- 22. a statement made at the beginning of any speech which takes a position with regard to the totality of one’s own or one’s opponent’s analysis
- 26. priori some truth arrived at by reasoning from self-evident propositions; something which is presumed to be true or valid on its face
- 28. simple, declarative statement which states the proposition to be decided in the debate
- 30. outline of a debate case containing arguments & evidence
- 31. judge judge not familiar with debate; could be community member, parent, etc.
Down
- 1. arguments made to support position
- 2. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.
- 3. speaks to the property of being an essential ingredient of a concept or object; that characteristic which is an inseparable part
- 5. issues arguments isolated by debaters in the rebuttal speeches as the reasons why they should win the debate
- 6. a standard which determines whether the object of evaluation is consistent with or enhances the value used as a standard of judgment; a criterion is a “rule of the game” in situations in which the social goal is established by the value is met
- 9. quo existing state of things
- 10. the questioning of your opponent and the answering of questions put to you by your opponent
- 11. a fact or body of facts on which a belief or judgment is based; the means by which you establish credibility for your arguments
- 17. the conflict with a specific argument made by the opponent; direct confrontation of ideas
- 18. a rule which tells the judge what attitude to hold with regard to the resolution at the beginning of the debate; in LD says that judge should withhold any favorable judgment on the accuracy of the resolution until the affirmative has established a prima facie case
- 20. the power or force of an argument; “So what?” how to answer; should link to standard
- 21. the statements of main ideas in a speech; the major arguments advanced by both affirmative and negative debaters
- 23. attacking or overthrowing claims made by your opponent
- 24. rejects the resolution; arguments are adapted and applied to affirmative case
- 25. position a person takes
- 27. paradigm preferences of judge for debate round
- 28. speeches in which debaters rebuild their initial arguments established in the constructive speeches; last three speeches of the debate; rebuttal means to rebuild an initial claim by indicating how it continues to stand after consideration is given to your opponent’s attack
- 29. issues the critical elements inherent in the resolution which the affirmative must establish in order to prove the validity of the resolution