Debate Speaker Roles and Structures

Flashcards defining the roles, duties, rebuttal methods, and weighing techniques for debate speakers based on the lecture notes.

First Speaker Responsibilities (Page 1)

Greetings, introducing self and team, presenting the motion, defining key terms, establishing debate context, defining what will be proven, establishing the case split, presenting principal arguments, and providing pre-emptive rebuttal.

Pre-emptive Rebuttal

An argument strategy delivered by the initial speaker on Page 1 to address and refute opposition points before they are presented.

Three Goals of Rebuttals (Page 2)

Demonstrating three things about an opposition argument: 1. Why it's not true, 2. Why it's not relevant, or 3. Why it has less impact in the debate.

Rebuilding Points (Page 2)

Restoring the first speaker's points by showing: 1. Why they're still true, 2. Why they're still relevant, and 3. Why they have more impact to the debate.

First Speaker Responsibilities (Page 2)

Greetings, self-introduction, motion presentation, rebuttals, rebuilding first speaker's points, describing proof in one or two statements, starting arguments linked to those statements, showing why arguments are better than opposition arguments, and concluding.

Third Speaker Responsibilities

Greetings, self-introduction and motion, beginning with rebuttals, highlighting proof of winning the motion burden, proceeding to weighing significant arguments, and concluding by demonstrating fulfillment of the motion burden.

Weighing Process (Third Speaker)

A three-step method for all significant arguments: 1. Stating what your argument was, 2. Showing why it still stands in reasoning and evidence, and 3. Showing why it wins any other arguments on the other side by having more impact.

Motion Burden

The legal/debating standard or obligation for a motion that a team must fulfill, emphasized in the conclusion by the third speaker to show why their team did a better job at fulfilling it.