Debate CA 2

How many minutes long is a CONSTRUCTIVE speech in a policy debate?

Answer explanation

Each of the four constructive speeches (1AC, 1NC, 2AC, 2NC) is 8 minutes long.

How many minutes is a REBUTTAL in a policy debate?

Answer explanation

All rebuttals (1NR, 1AR, 2NR, 2AR) are five minutes long.

How many minutes long is each cross-examination in a policy debate?

Answer explanation

There are four total cross-examinations in a debate--one following each constructive.

In the second negative rebuttal (2NR), you would be most likely to...

• Give a big-picture summary of why the affirmative won the debate

• Give a big-picture summary of why the negative won the debate

• Answer every argument from the 2AC

• Introduce the negative's best arguments for the first time

Answer explanation

Final rebuttals are most useful for summing up the debate and explaining why your side won.

In the second affirmative rebuttal (2AR), you would be most likely to...

• Give a big-picture summary of why the affirmative won the debate

• Give a big-picture summary of why the negative won the debate

• Answer every argument from the negative block

• Read additional cards you didn't have time to read in previous speeches

Answer explanation

Final rebuttals are most useful for summing up the debate and explaining why your side won.

"2AC" stands for ...

• Second affirmative constructive

• Second affirmative cross-examination

• Two affirmative contentions

• Second affirmation constructive

Answer explanation

The 2AC is the second affirmative speech, and the third speech in the debate.

What is "prep time"?

• The time you take before a debate to find new evidence

• The time you devote to highlighting your files

• The time you dedicate to outside research

• The time you take during a debate to prepare between speeches

Answer explanation

Each team has eight minutes of prep time that they can use before a speech.

The "resolution" is

• the topic in a policy debate

• something that changes every year

• the way you get psyched up before a debate

• about criminal justice reform

A good goal in cross-examination is to

• Set up your partner's arguments

• Undermine your opponents' arguments

• Ask your opponent to repeat arguments

• Make your own arguments between speeches

Answer explanation

Cross-examination isn't for making your own arguments--it's for asking questions.

You can ask your opponent to clarify something they said, but it's not an ideal use of cross-x time.

Select everything that is a speech in a policy debate.

• 1AC

• Prep time

• Second Negative Constructive

• Cross-examination

• 3AR

Answer explanation

Prep time and cross-examination are part of a debate, but they aren't speeches. The "3AR" isn't anything at all.