Policy Debate/Cross Examination (CX) vocab Flashcards
Resolution
Topic being debated.
Case
Pre-written file you read in the debate round
Parts of the case
Contentions & plan text
Contentions
Arguments for/against the resolution
Plan text
the sentence that summarizes your plan and specifies its agent, action, and funding
Constructive
The first speech given by each competitor
Rebuttals
Speeches after constructives
Prep time
Time allotted to each team to prepare for the speech they’re about to give.
Each side has 8 minutes to use throughout the round.
Cross examination
3 minute questioning period following each constructive
Plan
Course of action AFF argues the government should take
-Has to be a substantial change from current policies
Status quo
The current state of the world
Counterplan
An alternative to the plan the NEG can potentially bring into the round
Stock issues
Major arguments the AFF has to prove true in order to win the round
5 stock issues
Significance
Harms
Inherency
Topicality
Solvency
(5 stock issues) Meaning of significance
Is the problem the plan tries to fix important?
(5 stock issues) Meaning of Harms
What is bad in the status quo to justify the passing of the plan?
(5 stock issues) Meaning of inherency
Is the plan already happening in the status quo?
(5 stock issues) Meaning of topicality
Is the plan related to the resolution?
(5 stock issues) Meaning of solvency
Will the plan work to fix the problems/Why does the plan solve for the harms?
How many minutes does each competitor get?
13 minutes
[NEG] Off-case
Brought into the round by the NEG and are reasons to reject to AFF
The off-case arguments are always read in ________.
1NC (AKA the first NEG Contention)
The 3 parts to an off-case argument are…
…Topicality, Counterplan(CP), and Disadvantage(DA)
[OFF-CASE] Topicality
Whether or not the AFF plan falls under the scope of the wording of the resolution
The 4 parts to topicality in an off-case are…
…Interpretation, violation, standards, and voters
[OFF-CASE –> TOPICALITY] Interpretation
A definition of a word in the resolution
[OFF-CASE –> TOPICALITY] Violation
How the AFF has failed to meet that word
[OFF-CASE –> TOPICALITY] Standards
Reasons why the interpretations should be preferred
[OFF-CASE –> TOPICALITY] Voters
Why the judge should vote against the untopical plan
[OFF-CASE] Counterplan (CP)
NEG plan that tries to solve AFF harms
The 2 parts of a counterplan in an off-case are…
…mutual exclusivity and net beneficial
[OFF-CASE –> CP] Mutual exclusivity
Counter plan & original plan can’t happen at the same time or there’s a reason they shouldn’t happen
[OFF-CASE –> CP] Net beneficial
There’s a reason to prefer doing the counterplan over the AFF plan
There are 5 total parts to a disadvantage in an off-case called…
…Uniqueness, brink, link, internal link, and impact
There are 3 essential parts to a disadvantage in an off-case called…
…Uniqueness, link, and impact
The 2 nonessential parts to a disadvantage in an off-case are called…
…Brink and internal link
[OFF-CASE –> DA] Uniqueness
Disadvantage doesn’t happen in the status quo
[OFF-CASE –> DA] Brink
How close we are to the disadvantage happening
[OFF-CASE –> DA] Link
What the plan does to cause the disadvantage
[OFF-CASE –> DA] Internal link
The chain of events from the link to the impact
[OFF-CASE –> DA] Impact
The bad thing that happens as a result of the plan
[OFF-CASE] Kritik
A criticism of the AFF’s advocacy and assumptions
