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The various formats of academic debate tend to have certain common elements: (1) Both sides must have an equal number of speakers; (2) both sides must have an equal amount of time; and (3) the affirmative generally speaks first and last.
Rules. debate has a Chairman who conducts the debate and a timekeeper who records the time of each speaker. There are two teams: . an Affirmative – the team that agrees with the topic; and. a Negative – the team that disagrees with the topic. Each side consists of three members; first, second and third speakers.
A STUDENT GUIDE TO DEBATE. 1. Debate Structure. 2 teams – Proposition & Opposition. 3 speakers per team. 1.1 Who else is present? Speaker of the House – chairs the debate; technically all speeches and points of information are directed to him/her, they call each debater to the floor, etc. Timekeeper. Judge(s) Audience Members. 1.2 National Times.
as good lawyers take complex facts and make them simple for a jury to understand, how-ever, the best debaters understand the basics, and see through the complexity by knowing that at the end of the day, arguments in policy debate, whatever they are called, boil down to: CLAIMS-WARRANTS and EVIDENCE.
Step 1: Analyze the type of proposition you are debating. Claims are the starting point of argument. Different Types of Claims entail different obligations and require different types of support. Compare “You should believe X” to “Everyone believes X.”.
Establishing the rules and format of the debate Every debate should have a pre established format and set of rules where speaking time is fairly divided between the pro and contra team.
THE DEBATING CHEAT SHEET. Manner, Matter, Method. Debating is all about three things – Matter, Manner and Method. These are the three criteria against which you will be scored, and this score determines who will win the debate. Matter: What you say.
