Across
- 3. – either (1) the side in the debate that disagrees with the resolution, or (2) the side in the debate that disagrees with the affirmative team’s position.
- 4. Facie – Because the affirmative team is advocating a change in the present system (status quo), they must meet the burden of demonstrating the reasons for a change. This is called “Stock Issues.” Once the 1st affirmative presents their case (scripted speech), the Prima Facie test is can this case, at “first glance, first face” stand alone without any negative refutation a a reason to adopt the resolution.
- 6. – The affirmative must present a “problem” or “harm” as part of their Prima Facie burden. Also, they must demonstrate the significance or magnitude of the problem.
- 8. Issues – The affirmative has the burden to show: problem (harms/significance), cause (inherency), and solution (solvency/plan) to justify the adoption of the resolution. The final burden is topicality. Does the affirmative’s case and plan fall within the bounds of the resolution?
- 9. – the process of providing a claim, warrant, and impact of a line of thought.
- 10. – the positive benefits to enacting the affirmative position. These are also known as harms that exist in the status quo. These create offense for the affirmative because it scores them points.
- 11. Debate – is a civilized argument to decide which policy option should be adopted.
- 12. Position – this team defends (at least as a default) maintaining the status quo.
Down
- 1. – the side in the debate that agrees with the resolution.
- 2. – the process of engaging in structured debating that goes against an opponent’s argument.
- 5. Position – this team defends a 1AC plan text that acts as a change to the status quo.
- 7. – the statement, provided by the NSDA, which will serve as the general debate topic for the entire school year. Most start with, “The United States federal government should…”.