Debate Vocab & Terms Review

Directly attacking the opposing team's arguments.

• Flowing

• Constructive

• Resolution

• Refutation

Taking notes during the debate.

• Constructive

• Flowing

• Resolution

• Refutation

The reason a problem still exists.

• Contention

• Affirmative

• Inherency

• Resolution

The affirmative's responsibility to prove the resolution is true.

• Constructive

• Burden of Rejoinder

• Burden of Proof

• Contention

The subject offered to debate.

• Resolution

• Inherency

• Affirmative

• Contention

The negative's responsibility to disprove the resolution.

• Burden of Proof

• Burden of Disjoinder

• Contention

• Refutation

1st speech given by each debater

• Resolution

• Contention

• Constructive

• Cross-examination

Period of time when debaters ask each other questions.

• Inherency

• Flowing

• Constructive

• Cross-Examination

The team who argues in favor of the resolution.

• Negative

• Affirmative

• World Schools

• Congress

Claims made for or against the resolution.

• Constructive

• Contention

• Refutation

• Flowing