- In your own words, define "signposting."
- What is the difference between offensive and defensive arguments? Which is better?
- Pick one of the five types of arguments in Table 1.3 and explain it in your own words.
- Why is step three of refutation so important?
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Refutation: pp. 26 - 28
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*Signposting is telling the judge which argument you are referring to.
*The difference between offensive and defensive arguments is that the offensive is arguments that tell in which why the judges should vote for you and defensive is why the judges shouldn't vote for your opponent.
Offensive arguments are better and more effective.
*Mitigate is where you lower the impact of your opponents arguments. Though this is a weak attack because you accept the argument but say it isn't as sever as your opponent claims.
*Step three is important because you want to connect your standard and your arguments since your criterion is an important tool to establish an arguments significance to the debate.
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yes i am novice. and same to you; you are gooding good.
-Signpostingg is giving the judge a clear idea of where you are in the rebuttal. When signposting, one tells the judge what contention they are on
-offensive arguments that are made to try and gain ground and attack your opponent.
Defensive arguments are made to recover from the attacks made against your case.
-Offensive arguments will get more ground. They are better. They are better in showing the strength and merits of the debator
-The turn is a great tool in the debate tool box. In using a turn , a debator takes the logic and analysis of the opponent's case and uses it for his advantage.
-The last step is crucial because it tells the judge why the argument matters. A good judge will base the decision on which side achieves the criterion. This is the weighing mechanism. You must tell the judge what is important and link it to the wieghing mechanism, so the judge can weigh the round.
I am soo proud of my novice backetballer. Keep it up. If your work ethic carries into the debate season, you will go far. C ya all later until we get some more questions LOL Go TRIBE
-DDOG-
1.) signposting is telling the judge which argument to refer to (usually contentions and subpoints)
2.) offensive arguments attack the opponents case (this is most effective) and defensive arguments defend your own case against your oppenent's rebuttals
3.) counter-claiming is the worse kind of argument; in essence, it is like refuting an argument that a cat is black by saying that no, it is white. not only does this kind of argument gain you no ground in the round, but actually works against you as a weakness for your lack of warrant and substance to your arguments.
4.) the third step (linking to the criterion) is important because it gives the judge some kind of weighing mechanism; it shows why your arguments are important to achieving your criterion and premise
Signposting - describing exactly where in the opponents speech that the argument you are referring to is located.
Offensive is better. Offensive not only proves that their points are wrong (which defensive does as well), but also states other points that support ideals in the opposite direction of thinking that they are using. i.e., defensive - proves wrong/takes away credibility. offensive - proves wrong and proves another point right to make the opposing argument look even worse.
Turn - the most effective of the, responses listed because it alone is offensive. It proves their argument wrong while also taking the argumentative momentum in the other direction by making points on the opposite end of the spectrum. "Not only is it not good, but it's bad." haha
The criterion is the key to the entire debate. This is what determines whether the argument protects the value premise. By showing that you meet the criterion better than your opponent, you are stating why you should be the winner of the round.
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Hey everyone! Finally got on this thing. Now that we've all had June for a break, we should probably start going over things and put some of this into application. I think one of the first things we should do is have Darren and I do a pseudo debate round so the newbies can get a feel for it. I need Katie's schedule of cross so we can figure out times and I'm talking with Sasha about a meeting place. For now, though, everyone keep Friday morning of the 13th open. Hah. Friday the 13th. Katie email me at erm17@case.edu and anyone else can w/ questions. Carrie, I don't know if leaving this as a comment will reach everyone, so maybe you'll want to post it?
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Emo
1.signposting is basically used to tell the judge what arguments you are responding to when you give your speech. This is even more important when there are more than one argument in the debate.
2.Defensive arguments suggest that the argument is not true. The results of defensive arguments may tell the judge that the opponent's argument is not correct or will make your opponent simply drop the argument.Offensive arguments, such as a turn, will act in your favor more than the other types. It will attack your opponent's argument. Offensive arguments are better than defensive
3.taking out the argument is a type of argument used in relevance to your position in the debate. if you want to tell that the argument does not do something, you would use a take-out. it is defensive and basically says that the argument of your opponent is wrong
4.Step 3 is so important because it tells the judge how the arguments relate to the criterion and come together. this link helps the judge pick the winner. the connection hopefully tells why your arguments are more likely to meet the criterion than your opponent
-signposting- is giving the judge a clear idea of which argument you are debating and where in the debate round it was located.
-offesnsive arguements are ones that tell the judge to vote for you
-defenseive arguments are why the judge shouldn't vote for the opponent
-offensive arguements are better becuase you want to show both types of arguments but more of why you are right and your case is better or your only proving your opponent wrong and nothing else. The whole point is to prove that your case is right!
-the turn is where you take everything that your opponent has said turn it around and prove it false by all claims. Its great becuase they provided everyhting and if its there always use it to your advantage!
-step 3 of refutation is important because if you don't connect your arguments to the criterion then that argument might have well been nothing becuase your not totally proving why your right and why its important that your right at all! Your need to show the judge what you are saying is relavent to the case.
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