Debate Vocab

What is an argument?

• A fight
• The building blocks of debate
• Debate
• Affirmative

What is a claim?

• The specific point you are trying to make
• Saying something is yours
• Warrant
• Proof

What is a Warrant?

• Reasons for a claim
• Debate
• True
• False

What is proof/ evidence?

• Information used to support a claim
• Proving something is right
• Background information
• Includes debater

What is Testimonial evidence?

• Proof
• Evidence from an expert
• An argument
• experiences from the debater

What is statistics evidence?

• measurements, numbers, and percentages
• math
• Statistics
• Evidence

What is Personal or anecdotal?

• first-hand experiences or observations from the debater
• Problems from the debater
• Debaters opinions
• Debaters life stories

What is the Affirmative side?

• argues in favor of the resolution
• argues in disagree of the resolution
• doesn't argue
• the  debater

What is the Affirmative constructive?

• State the resolution and relevant definitions
• States the solution and irrelevant definitions
• Debaters opinion
• Evidence and reason

What is the Affirmative Rebuttal?

• uses different evidence and reasoning from the A to 2A
• uses same evidence and reasoning from the A to 2A
• The debater
• Debaters opinion