Debate Vocabulary

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

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.