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Printed and bound in the United States of America. Chapter 1: Debate Tournaments. Chapter 2: The Rudiments of Rhetoric. Chapter 3: The Debate Process. Chapter 4: Debating, Negative Options and Approaches, or, THE BIG 6. Chapter 5: Step By Step, Or, It’s My Turn & What Do I Do Now? Chapter 6: Ten Helpful Little Hints.
Public Debate Manual Version 1.2 4 FORMAT In competitive public debating, each round of debate has a different topic announced just before the debate begins. The amount of preparation time is typically thirty minutes between the announcement of the topic and the beginning of debate.
Topics: New topic for each debate. Teams: Teams of 2, 4 teams in one debate, 2 proposition, 2 opposition, judges rank teams 1-4. Length: 60 minutes Preparation: 15 minutes before the debate, no electronic access, only talk to partner. Interaction: Points of information from one side to the other.
OCDL Debate Format The Orange County Debate League exclusively uses modified parliamentary style of debate. This style allows more participants in each round and is the preferred style for students in the middle grades. Distinguishing the Sides The two sides (or teams) in OCDL debate are the proposition and the opposition
First, the general structure of an argument applies to all formats of debate. An argument must contain these three elements: claim, warrant, and impact. claim is a declarative statement - it establishes your argument. warrant is the justification for your claim. It establishes why your claim is true.
Forum Debate often comes closest to what many begin-ning debaters imagine debate will look like. Public Forum Debate features four high school students on teams of two debating a timely issue in highly struc-tured speech times. The teams compete for the vote of a judge or panel of judges, who will decide the round based on which team debated ...
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.”.
