Debate Vocabulary

Definition: Existing Conditions

• case

• status quo

• refute

• rebuttal

Definition: Problem-solving method that involves a battle of ideas

• affirmative

• negotiation

• debate

• case

Definition: Yes

• affirmative

• negative

• rebuttal

• case

Definition: Statement of a point to be debated

• debate

• argument

• proposition

• refute

Definition: Total group of arguments

• case

• debate

• argument

• rebuttal

Definition: Reason for favoring a particular side of a proposition

• rebuttal

• debate

• refute

• argument

Definition: Show how something is wrong

• argument

• debate

• refute

• rebuttal

Definition: Speech countering your opponent's attacks on your arguments

• rebuttal

• refute

• argument

• debate

Definition: Way of reaching a cooperative relationship

• negotiation

• rebuttal

• case

• argument

Definition: No

• proposition

• rebuttal

• negative

• refute