Team policy debate vocab

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Across
  1. 3. An argument made to support why your case is needed
  2. 6. A piece of evidence with a citation used in a debate round to help explain an argument
  3. 7. To progress to elimination rounds
  4. 10. The first four speeches of a round, which are building the arguments of each
  5. 12. A collection of evidence on a specific topic
  6. 14. The first speech of the round, and the plan that the affirmative is trying to pass. The ideas
  7. 15. The benefits to an affirmative plan
  8. 17. A plan the Negative team runs to counter the Affirmative plan
  9. 19. The negative side effects of an affirmative plan
  10. 23. Debating against, or in negation of, the resolution
  11. 24. When a team treats their opponents in a way that, although within the rules, isn’t
  12. 25. (facts) and the reasons for (advantages) your plan
  13. 26. The small paragraph at the top of a card of evidence. It tells you the author, the
Down
  1. 1. WHY your argument matters
  2. 2. credentials, the publisher, the date of publication, and the URL to the card’s website
  3. 4. Whether or not a plan is needed in the current system
  4. 5. Information posed in the first affirmative constructive as background factS
  5. 8. The problem with the Status Quo that the affirmative is attempting to solve
  6. 9. The details explaining how and why a study was done
  7. 11. meaning or proof that it does not specifically say
  8. 13. fair
  9. 16. The act of taking notes on a flowpad during a round
  10. 18. An instance where a piece of evidence is misread or explained as
  11. 20. Debating for the resolution
  12. 21. A statement that summarizes an argument
  13. 22. A main argument of a speech