Debate Lessons General Policy Debate The Structure of the Debate The Affirmative Case The Negative Arguments
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What is Lincoln-Douglas
The type of debate that centers around morals and values?
100
Who is Ms. Arnold
Your current Cypress Bay teacher/debate coach for debate 1 Honors
100
What is the first affirmative constructive (1AC)
The first affirmative speech is called what?
100
What is the Affirmative
One team side that stole their name from the military word for “yes” or "pro" as said by radio operators.
100
What is 4
The total amount of speeches that the negative team gets?
200
What is Public Forum
This type of debate is similar to policy in terms of the number of people to a team, but doesn't last as long
200
What is "should"
Word that is most often used in a “claim of policy”.
ex) would have, could have, ________ have
200
What are the Rebuttals
The last four speeches of the debate are called the...
200
What is False
True or False: The Affirmative team does not get the first and last speech of the debate.
200
What is 2NR
This is the abbreviation for the last negative speech
300
Who is Abraham
The person's first name from the "L" half of LD debate
300
What are a claim, a warrant, and evidence
These are the three parts to make a coherent argument.
300
What is Negative
Should I choose to oppose a certain action, the other team would tell me to stop being so, what?
300
What is 5
To determine the amount of time the affirmative gets in the rebuttal, I need only look at my fingers or toes.
300
What is 8 minutes
This is the length of the Negative's first speech in Policy
400
What is the Grand Crossfire
The name of the last cross-examination debate in a Public Forum debate where all members of each side stand up to question each other.
400
What is Two.
It takes just as many people to tango as it does to make up a policy team
400
What is the Negative Block
The part of the debate where one team gives two consecutive speeches
400
What is Resolution
The part of the affirmative case that states the current problem in the current system or “status quo”
400
What is False
The 2NR typically goes for as many arguments as possible to overburden the affirmative (True or False)
500
Who are Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
The are the first and last names of the two people that LD debate was named after.
500
What is Five
There are usually only this many people in a typical policy debate round including Judge.
500
What is 8 minutes
The amount of time one speaker gets during a constructive speech in Policy
500
What is the Plan
The part of the affirmative case that intends to solve the problem. ex) We need a ______ of action
500
What is False
The negative block allows for new arguments in both speeches to make the job of the 1AR hard. (True or False)






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