Debate Vocab

Question 1

Debate

Answer 1

A formal presentation of arguements with evidence within time constraints

Question 2

Arguement

Answer 2

Trying to convince someone using your opinions. Consists of a claim

Question 3

data

Answer 3

warrant and impact

Question 4

Claim

Answer 4

The tagline of an arugement that is like the top sentence in a persuasive essay

Question 5

Data

Answer 5

Evidence that supports the claim

Question 6

Warrant

Answer 6

Why the evidence meets the claim

Question 7

Impact

Answer 7

Why the claim matters

Question 8

Prep Time

Answer 8

Bank of time that each debate side can use to prepare for their next speech (a time out)

Question 9

Cross Fire

Answer 9

A chance to ask you opponent questions about the speech they just gave

Question 10

Constructive

Answer 10

A pre-written evidence-based speech that outlines two to three reasons why a judge should vote for the debaters’s side (each side reads case and has contentions)

Question 11

Rebuttal

Answer 11

An unscripted speech where each debater attacks their opponents’ points

Question 12

Ballot

Answer 12

How the judge votes (the physical thing that they fill out and something that the debater will reference while speaking)

Question 13

Contention

Answer 13

Topic sentence or reason for a debator’s case (typically 2 or 3 unique and different contentions per case)

Question 14

Framework

Answer 14

Any description that tells the judge how they should view the round or explains the impacts or what the debate is about

Question 15

Volume

Answer 15

How loudly or softly you are speaking

Question 16

Pitch

Answer 16

How high or low the sound of your voice is

Question 17

Rate

Answer 17

How fast or slow you speak

Question 18

Timbre

Answer 18

‘Tamber’ What makes people able to recognize you by your voice

Question 19

Emphasis

Answer 19

(Stress) Amount of stress that you put on words in a sentence

Question 20

Articulation

Answer 20

Clear speech

Question 21

Link

Answer 21

How the warrant links to the claim and impact

Question 22

Turn

Answer 22

To take the claim or impact made by another debater and turn it against them

Question 23

Line by Line

Answer 23

To respond to everything exactly in the order it was presented

Question 24

Crystalize

Answer 24

To take all the arguements that have been presented in the first half and summarize them into a few big ideas

Question 25

Drop

Answer 25

An arguement that one side does not address in a refutation speech

Question 26

Weigh

Answer 26

A reason for the judge to prefer one issue over another