Debate Terminology Quiz

Defends the status-quo, the "con side, speaks against a topic.

• Ambiguity

• Status-quo

• Negative

• Inherency

The effectiveness of the affirmative plan.

• Solvency

• Inherency

• Evidence

• Counterplan

A building block of debate, consisting of an assertion, reasoning, and evidence.

• Negative

• Ambiguity

• Argument

• Inherency

Making assumptions about a whole group or range based on a sample that is inadequate, stereotyping.

• Solvency

• Hasty Generalization

• Motions

• Ad Hominem

Mistakes correlation or association for causation, because one came before the other, one caused the other.

• Faulty Cause

• Faulty Analogy

• Ad Populum

• Appeal to Tradition

The part of a debate where the speaker is questioned about the speech he/she just presented.

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Cross-examination

• Unmoderated Caucus

• Appeal to Tradition

Defended by the Negative argument. Latin for 'as they are', current condition or status of things.

• Definitions

• Negative

• Status-quo

• Ambiguity

Arises when the meaning of a word or phrase is open to many different interpretations.

• Inherency

• Ambiguity

A suggestion put to an organized body for a second and a vote is known as:

• Analogy

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Motion

In parliamentary debate, when delegates are given time to talk informally about the issues, free of procedures, this is referred to as:

• Appeal to Tradition

• Unmoderated Caucus

• Appeal to Authority

• Point of Personal Privilege