Policy Debate REVIEW

A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.

• Policy

• Rebuttal

• Constructive

• Debate

The debaters who are arguing in favor of adopting the resolution or keeping the policy.

• Negative

• Affirmative

• Rebuttal

• Policy

The first speech given by the affirmative team in the first round.

• 2nd Constructive

• Rebuttal

• Cross Examination

• 1st Constructive

All printed material used as reference and support material in a debate. This includes statistics, quotations, facts or examples, and expert testimony or opinion.

• Research

• Ad Hominem

• Evidence

• Rebuttal

When you restate your opponent's argument and try to show it is not valid.

• Opening Statement

• Constructive

• Evidence

• Rebuttal

This fallacy tries to convince us that an idea or statement is false by attacking the person who said it.

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Fear

• Bandwagon

"You can't give me a C on this assignment! I am an A student and A students cannot get C's." This is an example of this fallacy...

• Slippery Slope

• Circular Reasoning

• Bandwagon

• None Sequitor

"If fast food chains continue to increase portion sizes before you know it, McDonald's will be serving gallon-sized cokes and burgers and wide as large pizzas!" Is an example of...

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Fear

• Appeal to Fame

"93% of the students surveyed say the tuition spike was to pay for the president's salary. How could it not be true?" Is an example of...

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to logic

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

"The last time we had an earthquake, we had an earthquake in San Francisco. It is pretty obvious that San Franciscans need to start panicking for this Friday's eclipse." Is an example of...

• Non-Sequitor

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem