WSC Fall 2020 Review

Select the options that apply to debate:

• An academic sport

• An activity with rules

• Two competing teams

• Expectations and burdens to fulfill, roles to play, and an objective third party who determines the outcome.

• Fun

What are 21st century skills?

• Skills that were created in the 21st century.

• Skills that have been identified as being useful in the modern world.

Select the four 21st century skills:

• Critical Thinking

• Creative Writing

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Creativity

A debate motion is written in sentence form and serves two purposes:

• First, it contains the main actor or item of discussion.

• Second, it prompts the teams to take a certain action.

• First, it aims to redefine what students think.

• Second, it requires to change the meaning of the topic.

Debates center around controversial issues.

• True

• False

The noun(s) in the motion provide who and what debaters must talk about.

• True

• False

The verb(s) in the motion provide the stance (position) and burden (job/goal) of each team.

• True

• False

In debates, teams will have to evaluate and assess the harms and benefits of the motion and depending on their side (prop/opp) the will have to promote or reject a policy (course of action).

• True

• False

Debate motions can be organized into two different types:

• Value motions

• Policy

• Rhetoric

• Laws

A value motion requires both teams to make an evaluation of an item, policy, or a situation.

• True

• False