Public Forum Debate Quiz

What was the focus for this week?

• Congressional Debate

• Public Forum Debate

• Policy Debate

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate

According to John Wolfson of The Great Debate, Public Forum Debate is focused on _________________________.

• values

• policy

• communication

• ethics

All debates focus on the ____________________.

• crossfire

• value

• claim

• resolution

The ________ argues in favor of the ________ while the ________ argues against the it.

• ...resolution...con...pro...

• ...con...resolution...pro

• ...pro...resolution...con

• ...pro...con...resolution

The goal in PFD is to persuade ____________________________.

• professionals who have thorough knowledge concerning the resolution you are debating.

• judges who know about how a debate is supposed to look.

• people with no knowledge of the topic and no knowledge about how a debate is supposed to look.

• the opposing team to come over to your side of the resolution.

What happens during Crossfire? AND What is the difference between Crossfire and Grand Crossfire? You have 5 minutes to write your answer.

You have a formal FINAL EXAM for this class.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

According to Johnathan Wolfson, the whole PFD debate should last around _____ minutes.

• 47

• 37

• 27

• 4

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The following are all the parts to a Public Forum Debate

• 30 seconds Prep Time & Coin Toss, Coin Toss Winner Decision, Coin Toss Loser Decision

• Audience Q & A

• 30 seconds Prep Time & Summary Speeches & Grand Crossfire

• 30 seconds Prep Time & Final Focus Speeches

• 30 seconds Prep Time & Constructive Speeches & Crossfire, Rebuttal Speeches & Crossfire

What advice did Maggie Mills and Sasha Haines give to novice S&D people? Select all correct answers.

• Don't worry about proving to other people that you are good.

• When people let their personalities out, that's when you start to have judge appeal.

• Not letting the opinions of others get to you; just having fun.

• Keep working on it. Keep persisting at it no matter what obstacles come in your way

• Give up and stop trying

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3