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How To Prepare A Debate

The document provides instructions for participating in a debate. It explains the roles of the chairperson, timekeeper, and adjudicator. It outlines the structure of the affirmative and negative teams' arguments. The affirmative team presents arguments for the debate topic while the negative team challenges the topic. Each team has three speakers who define the topic, point out weaknesses, and summarize their team's arguments. Participants are instructed to prepare supporting points, rebuttals to opposing arguments, and a conclusion for their team.

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How To Prepare A Debate

The document provides instructions for participating in a debate. It explains the roles of the chairperson, timekeeper, and adjudicator. It outlines the structure of the affirmative and negative teams' arguments. The affirmative team presents arguments for the debate topic while the negative team challenges the topic. Each team has three speakers who define the topic, point out weaknesses, and summarize their team's arguments. Participants are instructed to prepare supporting points, rebuttals to opposing arguments, and a conclusion for their team.

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The Great Debate

How to prepare a debate


1. Present your teams arguments for or against the topic. 2. Listen to the other teams arguments and then oppose them.

Participants in the debate


Chairperson Welcomes the teams, introduces the topic, the speaker and the adjudicator, offers congratulations and thanks everyone for attending. Timekeeper Assists the chairperson in making sure everyone has exactly the correct amount of time to argue their point. Adjudicator These people judge the outcome of the debate. They usually offer support, praise and advice to each speaker. The teams The affirmative team is the team to support the view expressed in the debate topic. The negative team will challenge the view. Each team must try to persuade the audience to their point of view.

Affirmative team First speaker 1. Presents the topic. 2. Defines the topic. 3. Says what each speaker will do. 4. Introduces their teams arguments. Second speaker 1. Points out the weaknesses of the first speaker for the negative. 2. Supports the affirmative teams arguments with supporting examples. Third speaker 1. Points out the weaknesses of the negative teams arguments and views. 2. Sums up the affirmative teams arguments.

Negative team First speaker 1. Defines the topic. 2. Says how their team will negate the topic. 3. Introduces their teams arguments. 4. Points out the weaknesses in the affirmatives definition of the topic. Second speaker 1. Points out the weaknesses of the second speaker for the affirmative. 2. Supports the negative teams arguments with supporting examples. Third speaker 1. Points out the weaknesses of the affirmative teams arguments and views. 2. Sums up the negative teams arguments.

Activity
Write down three points to support your teams arguments. Choose one point and expand on it. Write three arguments which might be raised by the opposing team and then write rebuttals for those arguments. Suggest a conclusion to support your team.

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