Debate Vocabulary Quiz

What is a debate?

• a format to share your claim and the reasons to support your idea

• a formal discussion on a particular topic

• the use of careful thought, reasoning, facts, and data

• a statement that can be backed up with evidence

What is an argument?

• a format to share your claim and the reasons to support your idea

• a formal discussion on a particular topic

• the use of careful thought, reasoning, facts, and data

• a statement that can be backed up with evidence

What is a claim?

• the use of careful thought, reasoning, facts, and data

• a resistance; a disagreement (i.e. usually refers to the other side of the debate)

• a format to share your claim and the reasons to support your idea

• a statement that can be backed up with evidence

What does the term "evidence" refer to?

• the right amount of facts to convince your audience, but not overwhelm or leave them with questions

• details, facts, quotes, and/or reasons that support a claim or prove it to be true

• to closely study, examine, and evaluate something by breaking it down to understand its meaning

• careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something

What is a "justification" in a debate?

• details, facts, quotes, and/or reasons that support a claim or prove it to be true

• the use of careful thought, reasoning, facts, and data

• the action of showing something to be right or reasonable (i.e. explaining how your evidence proves that the claim is correct)

• the right amount of facts to convince your audience, but not overwhelm or leave them with questions

What is a counterclaim?

• a resistance; a disagreement (i.e. usually refers to the other side of the debate)

• a statement that can be backed up with evidence

• to share facts in a logical way to make the best argument for your claim

• a statement made by someone that goes against the claim

What does it mean to "analyze" something?

• to share facts in a logical way to make the best argument for your claim

• to closely study, examine, and evaluate something by breaking it down to understand its meaning

• to be believed; believable

• to find and report new knowledge about something

What does the term "opposition" refer to?

• a resistance; a disagreement (i.e. usually refers to the other side of the debate)

• a statement made by someone that goes against the claim

• the action of showing something to be right or reasonable (i.e. explaining how your evidence proves that the claim is correct)

• a statement that can be backed up with evidence

What does it mean to be credible?

• somewhat untrustworthy

• somewhat trustworthy

• able to be believed; believable

• able to not be believed; unbelievable

What does the term "logic" refer to?

• the right amount of facts to convince your audience, but not overwhelm or leave them with questions

• to share facts in a reasonable way to make the best argument for your claim

• careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something

• the use of careful thought, reasoning, facts, and data