Debate Vocabulary

Problem-solving method that involves a battle of ideas.

• affirmative

• debate

• argument

• negative

Reason for favoring a particular side of a proposition.

• status quo

• argument

• case

• negative

Statement of a point to be debated.

• refute

• negative

• negotiation

• proposition

No

• negative

• negotiation

• affirmative

• rebuttal

Show how something is wrong.

• negotiation

• negative

• refute

• status quo

"Yes"

• affirmative

• proposition

• case

• status quo

Speech countering your opponent's attacks on your arguments.

• argument

• proposition

• rebuttal

• negotiation

a failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid.

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech

• discourse

• speech

• rhetoric

• philosophy

What is a "justification" in a debate?

• details, facts, quotes, and/or reasons that support a claim or prove it to be true

• the use of careful thought, reasoning, facts, and data

• the action of showing something to be right or reasonable (i.e. explaining how your evidence proves that the claim is correct)

• the right amount of facts to convince your audience, but not overwhelm or leave them with questions