WorksheetsQuiz Battle
Total questions: 117
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Who is responsible for presenting the affirmative's case in the 1AC?
First Affirmative (1AC)
First Negative (1NC)
Second Affirmative (2AC)
Second Negative (2NC)
Who delivers the first negative constructive speech?
First Affirmative (1AC)
First Negative (1NC)
Second Affirmative (2AC)
Second Negative (2NC)
Who gives a rebuttal speech in response to the negative arguments presented in the 1NC?
First Affirmative (1AC)
First Negative (1NC)
Second Affirmative (2AC)
Second Negative (2NC)
Who delivers a rebuttal speech that addresses the affirmative's case and the arguments made in the 2AC?
First Affirmative (1AC)
First Negative (1NC)
Second Affirmative (2AC)
Second Negative (2NC)
What is the central topic or statement that debaters must argue for or against in a given debate round?
Resolution
Affirmative (Aff)
Negative (Neg)
Plan
Which team in a policy debate advocates for the resolution?
Resolution
Affirmative (Aff)
Negative (Neg)
Plan
What is the specific policy proposal that the affirmative team advocates for in the debate?
Resolution
Affirmative (Aff)
Negative (Neg)
Plan
What is the affirmative's burden to demonstrate that their plan will effectively solve the problem or issue addressed in the resolution?
Solvency
Harms
Inherency
Topicality
What are negative arguments that highlight the problems or issues that exist under the status quo?
Solvency
Harms
Inherency
Topicality
What are negative arguments that question whether the problems or issues identified by the affirmative truly exist?
Solvency
Harms
Inherency
Topicality
What is a debate argument made by the negative, claiming that the affirmative's plan does not fall within the bounds of what the resolution was intended to address?
Advantages
Disadvantages (DAs)
Counterplan (CP)
Topicality
What are benefits or positive outcomes that the affirmative claims will result from the adoption of their plan?
Advantages
Disadvantages (DAs)
Counterplan (CP)
Topicality
What are negative arguments that present potential negative consequences or drawbacks of the affirmative's plan?
Advantages
Disadvantages (DAs)
Counterplan (CP)
Topicality
What is an alternative policy proposal presented by the negative team that competes with the affirmative's plan?
Advantages
Disadvantages (DAs)
Counterplan (CP)
Topicality
What is a period during the debate when one team's members can ask questions of the other team's debaters to clarify their arguments or expose weaknesses?
Cross-Examination (Cross-X)
Flow
Rebuttal
Extension
The "stock issues" are...
watching the stock market
all the good things that should happen as a result of the aff's plan
things the aff must be able to prove
making sure you have enough evidence
The Stock Issue of Inherency in Policy Debate.
a debate about whether the problem is harmful or not
a debate about whether the aff's plan fits the resolution
a debate about whether the aff's plan will solve the problem
a barrier that keeps the problem of the debate stuck in the status quo (things aren't getting better)
Advantage The advantage is the benefit the affirmative claims from solving their harm through their plan. For example, affirmatives could claim that increasing exploration of the ocean prevents pollution.
True
False
_______________is the most common argument the negative runs
Topicality
Disadvantages
Which of the below are part of Kritiks?
Link: What is the affirmative doing that is so bad?
Impact: How is the affirmatives representations going to cause a problem?
Alternative: What we should do instead of the affirmative's plan.
Which of the below are part of Disads?
Uniqueness: This means that what is happening in the status quo is good. Using China as an example, China and the U.S.A. are working together right now.
Link: The link is how the disadvantage applies to the affirmative case. An example using China would be China wants to work with us exploring the ocean.
Internal Link: This is how the link applies to the impact. For example, if China sees that we are excluding them, then they will be frustrated and alienated.
Impact: The impact is the bad thing that is going to happen. The example is that if the U.S.A. excludes China, the U.S.A. might have a war with them.
Topicality is the most common argument the negative runs. It has to include the following:
Definition of the word the affirmative violates.
The violation taking place
The Limits or Standards the affirmative is violating
Two reasons (usually fairness and education) why you should vote for the negative.
(Mindset) Being negative can be really fun or it can be really awful. It depends on how you approach the round.
True
False
The affirmative has a little circle that is known as the affirmative ground (the resolution), the negative has all of the grounds outside of the little circle.
True
False
As the negative team, you can run arguments such as Disadvantages, Kritiks, Counterplans, etc..
True
False
Bias
refers to when people take enforcing the law into their own hands – they become justice themselves.
for the purpose of this affirmative it is a form of training that police must undergo that helps police recognize their implicit biases and learn how to over come them or work through them especially when they are working.
refers to an attitude that we unknowingly have towards people or groups of people (often includes stereotypes)
refers to individuals not giving an equal chance to ideas or groups because of a certain belief that is in conflict with the group or idea
Implicit Bias
refers to the level of trust and cooperation between local law enforcements and the community that they serve.
refers to when people take enforcing the law into their own hands – they become justice themselves.
for the purpose of this affirmative it is a form of training that police must undergo that helps police recognize their implicit biases and learn how to over come them or work through them especially when they are working.
refers to an attitude that we unknowingly have towards people or groups of people (often includes stereotypes)
Vigilantism
refers to individuals not giving an equal chance to ideas or groups because of a certain belief that is in conflict with the group or idea
refers to the level of trust and cooperation between local law enforcements and the community that they serve.
refers to when people take enforcing the law into their own hands – they become justice themselves.
the ability to understand and interact positively with people from multiple cultures.
the ability to understand and interact positively with people from multiple cultures.
Cooperative Federalism
Vigilantism
Community Police Relations
Cultural Competence
refers to when the federal government is trying to exercise a power that has been left to the people or the states.
Cultural Competence
Cooperative Federalism
Bipartisan
Federal Overreach
an agreement between two separate parties that usually disagree on issues.
Unopartisan
Bipartisan
Partisan
Tripartisan
a form of federalism where federal, state and local governments all work together to solve issues that face them all.
Vigilantism
Cooperative Federalism
Conditioning Funding
Community Police Relations
pieces of evidence
turn
cards
harm
cross-x
what the aff side does to cause bad things to happen
turn
link
brink
harm
collection of arguments supporting the resolution
case
negative
topicality
solvency
proof that the bad things won't happen in the status quo
link
harm
turn
brink
when arguments are summarized
rebuttal
prep-time
position
constructive
type of argument that states what the other team said is opposite
turn
harm
run
brink
what the aff side does to cause bad things to happen
link
harm
brink
turn
what the aff side does to cause bad things to happen
harm
turn
brink
link
proof that the bad things won't happen in the status quo
link
harm
brink
turn
when arguments are introduced
rebuttal
position
constructive
prep-time
The amount of time that you have to prepare
prep-time
advantage
constructive
rebuttal
burden of the negative in arguing a DA, impacts action in round
uniqueness
disadvantage
brink
inherency
the present system
affirmative
topicality
negative
status quo
proof that the bad things won't happen in the status quo
link
harm
brink
turn
barrier preventing the adoption of the plan in the status quo, cause absence of the resolution
inherency
uniqueness
advantage
disadvantage
The side that favors changing the status quo in order to conform to the resolution
Topicality
Affirmative
Disadvantages
Advantages
A claim and warrant
topicality
warrant
argument
refutation
Situation that something that could go either way
Impact
Kritik
claim
Brink
Offensive ways to attack
Off case
Debate
Resolution off Debate
Plan
Falls under the topic of the debate
Refutation
affirmative
topicality
Time frame
In order for the affirmative team to win, their plan must retain all of the stock issues, which are Harms, Inherency, Solvency, Topicality, and Significance. For the negative to win, they only need to prove that the affirmative fails to meet one of the stock issues.
True
False
Resolution
the proposition or subject offered to debate
refers to the reasonable interpretation and limits of the resolution
the argument presented is pertinent to the resolution in spirit or literally, it is topical
the current state of affairs, the present system
Spirit of the Resolution
the current state of affairs, the present system
the argument presented is pertinent to the resolution in spirit or literally, it is topical
the proposition or subject offered to debate
refers to the reasonable interpretation and limits of the resolution
Affirmative
the argument presented is pertinent to the resolution in spirit or literally, it is topical
the current state of affairs, the present system
arguing in favor of the resolution
the side that opposes the resolution
Negative
arguing in favor of the resolution
refers to the reasonable interpretation and limits of the resolution
the side that opposes the resolution
the proposition or subject offered to debate
Contention
claims made for or against the resolution – usually stated in one declarative sentence
rebuilds arguments after attacks, refutes arguments of the opposing team, and summarizes the debate
the key points in a debate that are crucial to the outcome, reasons why the judge should give the decision to a team
a concept, standard, or ideal that makes a judgment; used in LD debate
A person who are unfamiliar with debate theory; your average person off the street
Lay Judges
Ballot
Time Signals
Ballot
Ad hominem fallacy
attacking a person rather than the argument
claiming that something is true because of popular belief
Ad populum fallacy
attacking a person rather than the argument
claiming that something is true because of popular belief
Octo-Finals
Elimination rounds comprised of the top 16 debate teams/16 debaters
Elimination rounds comprised of the top 8 debate teams/debaters
Elimination rounds consisting of the top four debate teams/debaters
an elimination round involving the top two teams/debaters in debate
BYE
teams with equal records debate each other in order to determine which teams advance
a complete debate (at tournaments you have a minimum of 4 preliminary rounds
a round in which you don't compete; usually because there are an uneven number of teams/debaters.
an experienced judge’s educational philosophy, the model or view that guides their decision
an experienced judge’s educational philosophy, the model or view that guides their decision - what they deem important in a round and what they do not want to see or hear
Lay Judges
Judging Paradigms
everything in the first affirmative constructive
stock issues
case
plan
advantage
the present system
case
status quo
status pro
advantage
The "stock issues" are...
watching the stock market
things the aff must be able to prove
all the good things that should happen as a result of the aff's plan
making sure you have enough evidence
The Stock Issue of Inherency in Policy Debate.
a debate about whether the problem is harmful or not
a debate about whether the aff's plan will solve the problem
a debate about whether the aff's plan fits the resolution
a barrier that keeps the problem of the debate stuck in the status quo (things aren't getting better)
solvency
a debate about whether the problem is harmful or not
a debate about whether the aff's plan will solve the problem
a debate about whether the aff's plan fits the resolution
a barrier that keeps the problem of the debate stuck in the status quo (things aren't getting better)
harms
a debate about whether the problem is harmful or not
a debate about whether the aff's plan will solve the problem
a debate about whether the aff's plan fits the resolution
a barrier that keeps the problem of the debate stuck in the status quo (things aren't getting better)
topicality
a debate about whether the problem is harmful or not
a debate about whether the aff's plan will solve the problem
a debate about whether the aff's plan fits the resolution
a barrier that keeps the problem of the debate stuck in the status quo (things aren't getting better)
what the aff proposes to do to solve the status quo
disadvantage
counterplan
advantage
plan
Who has the burden of proof in a policy debate?
negative
affirmative
What is the burden of refutation?
The negative must successfully refute all of the Aff's stock issues in order to win the debate.
The negative must successfully refute at least one of the Aff's stock issues in order to win the debate.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
TIME USED TO GET READY TO SPEAK
QUESTIONING AN OPPONENT
SPEECH FOR BUILDING ARGUMENTS
SPEECH FOR CLARIFYING, EXTENDING, ANSWERING, AND TELLING THE JUDGE WHY YOU WIN
CONSTRUCTIVE
TIME USED TO GET READY TO SPEAK
QUESTIONING AN OPPONENT
SPEECH FOR BUILDING ARGUMENTS
SPEECH FOR CLARIFYING, EXTENDING, ANSWERING, AND TELLING THE JUDGE WHY YOU WIN
REBUTTAL SPEECH
TIME USED TO GET READY TO SPEAK
QUESTIONING AN OPPONENT
SPEECH FOR BUILDING ARGUMENTS
SPEECH FOR CLARIFYING, EXTENDING, ANSWERING, AND TELLING THE JUDGE WHY YOU WIN
PREP TIME
TIME USED TO GET READY TO SPEAK
QUESTIONING AN OPPONENT
SPEECH FOR BUILDING ARGUMENTS
SPEECH FOR CLARIFYING, EXTENDING, ANSWERING, AND TELLING THE JUDGE WHY YOU WIN
If a debater does not answer an argument right away, that is called:
Mis-Direction
Strategic Choice
Dropped Argument
Opportunity Cost
A string of arguments that tell a specific story is called a:
Strategy
Case or Position
Cross-Examination
Rebuttal
Which comes first in a debate round
CONSTRUCTIVE SPEECH
CROSS-EXAMINATION
REBUTTAL SPEECH
PREPARATION TIME
What two speeches make up the negative block
2NC and 2NR
1NC and 1NR
2NC and 1NR
1NC and 2NR
The topic or claim being debated.
Resolution
Refutation
Rebuttal Speeches
Reasoning
The process of attacking an opponent's arguments. A organized attack on opponents' arguments.
Resolution
Refutation
Rebuttal Speeches
Reasoning
Speeches in debate that challenge and defend arguments introduced in constructive speeches.
Resolution
Refutation
Rebuttal Speeches
Reasoning
Using analysis to connect the evidence to the claim.
Reasoning
Rebuttal Speeches
Refutation
Resolution
Argues against the resolution and the affirmative team's arguments. States the claims that support their position, provides evidence and reasoning, and refutes the affirmatives' arguments.
Negative Team
Judges
Flowing
Fallacy
Individuals who listen to debate, decide the winner, rank debate competitors, and ensure that the experience is educational for all participants in a debate competition.
Negative Team
Judges
Fallacy
Flowing
Taking notes during a debate in order to keep a record of what's been said and prepare for refutations and cross examinations.
Flowing
Fallacy
Judging
Mental Notes
Bad or erroneous reasoning that results in an unsound argument.
Fallacy
Flowing
Judges
Negative Team
Evidence from an expert or other external source not including the debater, such as author, researcher, witness, etc.
Testimonial Evidence
Statistics
Personal or Anecdotal Evidence
Measurements, numbers and percentages
Testimonial Evidence
Statistics
Personal or Anecdotal Evidence
First-hand experiences or observations from the debater.
Testimonial evidence
Statistics
Personal or Anecdotal Evidence
A speech that presents a debater's basic arguments for or against the resolution.
Debate
Cross Examination
Constructive Speech
Claim
Controversial statement that a debater supports or refutes with evidence and reasoning. Must have 2 sides.
Debate
Cross Examination
Constructive Speech
Claim
Using evidence and reasoning to support claims.
Argument / Argumentation
Affirmative Team
Negative Team
Argues in favor of the resolution. Team is responsible for introducing the resolution with relevant definitions, listing the claims that support their argument along with evidence and reasoning, and refuting the other team's arguments.
Affirmative Team
Negative Team
A debate has... (select all that apply to make the statement true)
structure
no format
judges
facts and statistics
unsupported claims
What does NOT win a debate?
supporting facts
unconvincing delivery
logical arguments
clear reasoning
How will debate help you in your life? (Check all that apply.)
being a critical thinker
be a sore loser
be humble and gracious
be a better reader, writer, researcher
creatively solve problems
The affirmative argues
against the resolution
not in favor of the resolution
for the resolution
The negative argues
against the resolution
in favor of the resolution
for the resolution
Which is an appropriately worded resolution?
Should FCPS require students to do homework?
FCPS should not require homework.
Why FCPS should not require homework.
FCPS students should not be required to do homework?
Which of these is NOT part of the debate process?
finding a topic
researching your topic
delivering a speech on the fly
practicing your speech
preparing for the rebuttal
Which statements are NOT claims? (select all that apply)
I prefer school uniforms.
Animal tesing should be prohibited.
I would love it if my school banned homework.
Eliminating snack vending machines will improve student health.
Reasons... (select all that apply)
are not needed in a debate.
should have evidence to back them up.
provide support for your claims.
Evidence should NOT be...
facts and statistics
current
taken from unreliable sources
Agrees with the topic (resolution) that is up for debate...
affirmative
negative
A rebuttal... (check all that make the statement true)
is when you disprove your opponents' claims.
is your chance to re-read your speech.
is when you find flaws in your opponent's arguments.
is something you have time to prepare for before and during the debate.
