Public Forum Debate

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Across
  1. 2. Begin with a ___ side,
  2. 5. Topics are worded as _____, meaning they advocate solving a problem by establishing a position.
  3. 7. How many minutes is the time limit for the Grand Crossfire?
  4. 8. Number of issues can be addressed
  5. 9. evaluate teams on the quality of the arguments actually made.
  6. 12. Speeches should conclude with a ______
  7. 14. research should be accessed through ______
  8. 15. The First Pro Speech speech ________ arguments advocating the resolution’s worthiness.
  9. 20. requires credible, unbiased, quality supporting evidence
  10. 23. Seated, all debaters interact with one another.
Down
  1. 1. Major argument made on either side of the resolution.
  2. 2. What does the round start with?
  3. 3. against a topic
  4. 4. In the final focus, ____ new issues may be addressed
  5. 6. Pro or con they will argue
  6. 10. The First Con Speech constructs arguments showing _________ of the resolution and why it should not be adopted.
  7. 11. How minutes should be taken to explain the issues listed so far?
  8. 13. How many arguments should be researched in a team?
  9. 16. Each team has ___ minutes of prep time
  10. 17. is critical to impact the arguments for a citizen judge.
  11. 18. Questioning periods give debate interactivity and a change to build clash
  12. 19. Teams should select the ____ evidence to represent their claims
  13. 21. The debater should identify the opposition’s key arguments and attack their legitimacy by: _____ the analysis to the other side;
  14. 22. To best accomplish ______, both members of a team should have a consistent approach and a unified view of what is important and less important.
  15. 24. Cases should center on a ____ quality arguments