Inter-Collegiate policy debate Policy debate is a form of speech competition involving two teams of two debaters based on a resolution phrased as something the United States federal government should do. ... Image File history File links Debateimage. ... There are several venues of competition for policy debate. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Policy Debate. ...
Constructive · Rebuttal · Prep Time Evidence · Flow In all forms of policy debate the structure of speeches is as follows: The format of NFA-LD varies from the format of team policy debate. ... In policy debate, a resolution or topic is a normative statement which the affirmative team affirms and the negative team negates. ... In policy debate, a constructive speech is one of the first four speeches of a debate round. ... In policy debate, a rebuttal speech is one of the last four speeches of a round. ... In policy debate, preparation time (prep time) is the amount of time given to each team to prepare for their speeches. ... Evidence in policy debate is organized into units called cards. ... In policy debate, the flow is the name given to a specialized form of notetaking, which enables debaters to keep track of all of the arguments in the round. ...
Participants
Affirmative · Negative · Judge In policy debate, the Negative is the team which negates the resolution. ... Judging policy debate can be challenging. ...
Types of Arguments
Stock Issues · Disadvantage Counterplan · Kritik Impact calculus · Topicality Policy Debate (also known as Cross-Examination Debate) is a form of speech competition in which teams of two debate whether or not a specific policy action should be enacted. ... In Policy Debate, a disadvantage (abbreviated as DA) is an argument that a team brings up against a policy action that is being considered. ... A counterplan, or counter-proposal, (abbreviated as a CP) is a component of argumentation theory commonly exploited in the activity of policy debate. ... In Policy Debate, a kritik (pronounced critique) is generally a type of argument that challenges a certain mindset, assumption, or discursive element that exists within the advocacy of the opposing team. ... In policy debate, impact calculus is a type of argumentations which seeks to compare the impacts presented by both teams. ... In Policy Debate, topicality describes whether or not a specific plan action falls within the wording of the resolution at hand. ...
Styles of Arguments
Offense · Defense · Turn · Drop In policy debate offense refers to argument which has an implication other than or beyond mitigating an argument by the opposing team. ... In policy debate, defense refers to argument which has no implication other than mitigating an argument made by the opposing team. ... In policy debate, a turn is when an argument that was initially made to support a policy action is shown to adversely affect that action. ... In policy debate, a drop refers to an argument which was not answered by the opposing team. ...
In policy debate, the affirmative is the team which affirms the resolution. Policy debate is a form of speech competition involving two teams of two debaters based on a resolution phrased as something the United States federal government should do. ... In policy debate, a resolution or topic is a normative statement which the affirmative team affirms and the negative team negates. ...
The affirmative team speaks first and last. They give four speeches:
In all forms of policy debate the order of speeches is as follows: First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative First Negative Constructive (1NC) Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC) Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative Second... In all forms of policy debate the order of speeches is as follows: First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative First Negative Constructive (1NC) Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC) Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative Second... In all forms of policy debate the order of speeches is as follows: First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative First Negative Constructive (1NC) Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC) Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative Second... In all forms of policy debate the order of speeches is as follows: First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative First Negative Constructive (1NC) Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC) Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative Second...
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