Across
- 3. Seated, all debaters interact with one another.
- 4. This speech constructs arguments showing the disadvantages of the resolution and why it should not be adopted.
- 8. The judge is the chairperson of the roundcrossfire Questioning periods give debate interactivity and a change to build clash.
- 12. Both of these debatershave the primary burden of refutingthe other team’s arguments by analyzing and explainingflaws in the opponent’s position.
- 13. Topics are worded as resolutions,meaning they advocate solving a problem by establishing a position.
- 14. The more a debater knows about a topic, both arguments and evidence,
- 15. Each team has two minutes of prep time.
Down
- 1. If theteam feels that the opponent’s case is based on a faulty or unfair interpretation of the resolution
- 2. A team must develop both a pro and con case
- 5. These are complicated speeches because each debater has to find a way to explain issues in the light of all that has happened so far
- 6. This frames, with clarity, why your team has won the debate.
- 7. Effective delivery is critical to impact the arguments for a citizen judge.
- 9. The quantity of arguments is less important than the quality of arguments
- 10. This speech constructs arguments advocating the resolution’s worthiness.
- 11. The round starts with a coin toss the winning team selects either