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WorksheetsWSC Fall 2020 Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Select the options that apply to debate:
An academic sport
An activity with rules
Two competing teams
Expectations and burdens to fulfill, roles to play, and an objective third party who determines the outcome.
Fun
What are 21st century skills?
Skills that were created in the 21st century.
Skills that have been identified as being useful in the modern world.
Select the four 21st century skills:
Critical Thinking
Creative Writing
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity
A debate motion is written in sentence form and serves two purposes:
First, it contains the main actor or item of discussion.
Second, it prompts the teams to take a certain action.
First, it aims to redefine what students think.
Second, it requires to change the meaning of the topic.
Debates center around controversial issues.
True
False
The noun(s) in the motion provide who and what debaters must talk about.
True
False
The verb(s) in the motion provide the stance (position) and burden (job/goal) of each team.
True
False
In debates, teams will have to evaluate and assess the harms and benefits of the motion and depending on their side (prop/opp) the will have to promote or reject a policy (course of action).
True
False
Debate motions can be organized into two different types:
Value motions
Policy
Rhetoric
Laws
A value motion requires both teams to make an evaluation of an item, policy, or a situation.
True
False
A policy motion requires both teams to find solutions to a current or potential problem.
True
False
A policy motion requires teams to analyze whether a proposal in the motion is justified or effective.
True
False
Motion: Homework does more harm than good.
Value motion
Policy motion
Motion: Homework should be banned from schools.
Value
Policy
Defining the terms in a motion is more about providing the meanings of words, it's about providing context. "Why are we debating this topic? What is the issue here that we need to solve?"
True
False
An argument should always have include:
Point
Explanation
Evidence
Eye-witness stories
Link
Proposition = negative team
True
False
Opposition = Negative
True
False
Marine should come to class on time.
True
False
Phan Minh should try to not be distracted by his laptop.
True
False
Helena should stop eating so much salt chips
True
False
