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