Lincoln Douglas Vocab Quiz

A social principal so highly prized by an individual, group, or society that it becomes a goal to be pursued

• Value

• Criteria

• Refutation

• Fallacy

The side that argues in favor of the resolution

• Affirmative

• Negative

The side that rejects the resolution

• Affirmative

• Negative

Arguments made to support position

• Case

• Claim

• Resolution

• Value

The statements of main ideas in a speech; the major arguments advanced by both affirmative and negative debaters

• Contention

• Resolution

• Clash

• Value

A standard which determines whether the object of evaluation is consistent with or enhances the value used as a standard of judgment; a criterion is a “rule of the game” in situations in which the social goal is established by the value is met

• Criterion

• Value

• Claim

• Fallacy

A simple, declarative statement which states the proposition to be decided in the debate

• Resolution

• Case

• Clash

• Value

A fact or body of facts on which a belief or judgment is based; the means by which you establish credibility for your arguments

• Evidence

• Value

• Cross-Examination

• Criteria

Criteria is the plural of “criterion” and indicates that your established value has more than one standard.

• True

• False

Health, morality, and justice are examples of

• Personal Values

• Resolutions

• Evidence

• Affirmative arguments