You're almost finished! The Appendices

Before novice camp begins, please familiarize yourself with appendices A, B, and D. We will use these in exercises during camp.

I hope you enjoyed your reading! See you soon!

Sample Aff and Neg Cases: pp. 45-54

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1. What did you like and dislike about each case?

Go with the flow: pp. 40-44

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1. What is a flow? Why is it needed?
2. Why two sheets of paper and two pens?
3. Why abbreviations? Why consistency?
4. What is a preflow?
5. What are two ways to practice flowing?

Rebuttal Speeches-2AR and Crystallization: pp. 39-40

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1. Define crystallization.
2. Why should voting issues be arguments, not just ideas?
3. The 2AR should do what two things?

Rebuttal Speeches-2NR: pp. 37-39

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1. Define "new argument." Why can't these occur in the 2NR?
2. Where should the 2NR start? What should be done there?
3. What is the difference between line by line and voting issues (crystallization)?
4. What three questions does a judge need answered before making a decision?
5. Why is it important to put yourself in your opponent's shoes? What is this called?
6. Judges may have different preferences for where voting issues occur in the round. If you were a judge, which method would you prefer? Why?

Rebuttal Speeches-1AR: pp. 35-37

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1. What two things should happen in the round before the aff. gives this speech?
2. What is the aff. doing in this speech? Why is important for him/her to watch time?
3. What is a "dropped" argument? What should you do with it?
4. What does it mean to "extend" an argument? Does this give the debater an automatic win? Besides extending, what two things must be done with it?
5. True or False: Answer your opponents arguments to your case by restating your original argument. Defend your answer.

Rebuttal Speeches- 1NR: pp. 34-35

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1. How long is this speech? How long is the negative case? What does the negative do with the rest of the time?
2. What order should the neg. respond to the aff. arguments? Why?
3. When is it important to number your arguments?

Assumptions, Arguments, and Refutations: pp. 30-33

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1. What is an assumption? Why do they exist in debate? How do good debaters deal with them?
2. Why are assumptions hard to deal with?
3. What questions should you ask yourself to find an assumption within an argument?
4. Why (at some level) will you eventually have to stop questioning assumptions?

Answering the VP and Criteria: pp. 29-30

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1. Why is it important to resolve the VP and criterion debate?
2. What questions should you ask your opponent in cross-ex in relation to their VP and criterion?
3. What things should you be attacking at this level of the debate? Why is it bad to simply call their VP "bad"?

Refutation: pp. 26 - 28

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1. In your own words, define "signposting."
2. What is the difference between offensive and defensive arguments? Which is better?
3. Pick one of the five types of arguments in Table 1.3 and explain it in your own words.
4. Why is step three of refutation so important?

Prep Time and Cross-Ex: pp. 25 - 26

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1. What is your goal in cross-examination?
2. How long is prep time? When in the round can it be used?

Evidence: pp. 21 - 24

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1. A good piece of evidence contains what three components?
2. Evidence should serve as the __________ to your own argument.
3. When citing the source of your evidence, what important pieces of information need to be included?
4. What are blocks? Why are they important? When are they made?

Value Premise and Criterion: pp. 17 - 20

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1. What's another term for criterion?
2. Why should you always explain the connection between the premise and criterion?
3. What is the difference between a "statement" and a "concept" criterion?
4. Why is a more specific criterion best?

Logic: pp. 13 - 17

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1. LD is a debate of values, which can't be proven true or false. The authors use the silly "Diet Coke" example, but can you think of an example of when values are prioritized?
2. Identify the following examples as either "inductive" or "deductive" reasoning: a. Ohio is in the United States. Canton is in Ohio. Therefore, Canton is in the United States. b. Spain and Portugal are near each other, and have similar languages. Denmark and Norway are near each other, and have similar languages. Therefore, countries that are near each other have similar languages.
3. The book mentions some common fallacies that debaters make in their argumentation. Identify the examples below with the correct logical fallacy: a. You should never gamble. Once you start, you won't be able to stop. Eventually, you'll turn to crime to support your gambling habit. b. Immigration to the U.S. has increased. Recently, the minimum wage went up. Increased immigration led to the increase in minimum wage. c. You cannot listen to Carrie Daily's ideas because she is a liberal. Liberal speaker's ideas are not worth listening to. Since Carrie Daily is liberal, you can't listen to her ideas.

Case Writing: pp. 10 - 13

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1. Why is it important to define terms at the beginning of a debate case?
2. What do the terms "value premise" and "criterion" mean? In the basketball example, what were the value premise and the criterion?
3. Concerning case writing what do the authors suggest is drafted first: the arguments or the premise and criterion?
4. All arguments must have a claim, warrant, and impact. In your own words, what do these terms mean?
5. Of the claim, warrant, and impact, which should link back to the criterion?
6. For Varsity members- on p. 13, the authors discuss the neg defining terms. Why aren't neg definitions accepted in a round if the neg doesn't give a rationale?

Introduction: pp. 1 - 9

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1. In LD debate, who selects our topics? How often does our topic change?
2. The authors describe debate as a "forced choice" between two ideas that are "mutually exclusive." What do those two terms mean? Feel free to consult the book's glossary, but post definitions in your own words. For Varsity members- Why is debate a forced choice? How is debate a forced choice?
3. On p. 8, the maroon box discusses "weighing." What is meant by this term?
4. Let's have a mini-debate! Using the basketball analogy, post your team selection (O'Neills or Iversons) and include reasons why you are picking that team.

Lincoln-Douglas Summer Reading Assignment

We will use this blog to discuss our reading of the Lincoln-Douglas debate textbook, which can be found online at: http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/Main/IntroductiontoLDDebateOnlineText.pdf

Discussion topics will be posted by chapter beginning June 1st. You may complete them at your own pace, but please do not wait until the week before school starts to begin this assignment!

To post to a discussion topic, you must set up an account with Google. Follow the directions given to you at our May 16th meeting.

Happy Reading!