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"?