Debate 101

What is a debate? (Write the two words in answer space)

It is an __________ with _________

Name-calling or Ad Hominem attacks are acceptable debate strategies

• True

• False

Check all of the boxes that are examples of good public speaking skills

• Stand up straight

• Make eye contact

• Speak loudly and clearly

• Make fun of your opponents mother

• Try not to fidget

"I will prove that cloning is dangerous; that cloning is untested; and that cloning must be kept in a laboratory!"

What rhetorical device is this an example of?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Pathos/ Emotion

• Repetition

"Cloning is the greatest threat to civilization since the atom bomb!"

Is an example of what rhetorical device?

• Hyperbole

• Pathos/ Emotion

• Metaphor

• Rhetorical Question

"Can the school afford to lose its star debater?"

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Rhetorical Question

In debate, appealing to your audience's emotions is okay to do without providing evidence.

• True

• False

To claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.

• Esteem

• Competent

• Rebut

• Eloquent