Debate Vocabulary

Debate

• attacking the other person

• to argue both sides of a toppic

• screaming at each other

• proving your point

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Fact

• Something that can be proven

• data & statistics

• A belief

• blue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define Opinion

• black

• a favorite color

• something that can be proven

• A feeling or belief

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the affirmative side of an argument?

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A claim and an assertion are the same thing

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Imapct means to have a strong effect on someone or something. It's the whole purpose of the debate.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A quote means

• an apposing argument

• to write exactly what someone else said

• a punctuation mark

• Someone else's idea written in your own words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

concede

• to gain new knowledge

• to admit that someone else is right

• to object to the other person's argument

• to deny or reject the other person's opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

rebuttal

• to make a firm decision

• is to eat the cow

• to learn a new language

• a response to a counterargument

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Proposition

• the subject or idea to be debated

• the affirmative side of an argument

• the negitive side of the argument

• to eat a cow

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D