General Definition: The causal connection between events that result in an impact. While “Links” explain the connection between the resolution and a chain of events, Internal Links explain the resulting chain of events and can be individually refuted as distinct from the initial link. Public Forum: see general definition. World …
General Definition: The beginning of a speech, often including a hook to get the audience’s attention, a statement of the motion, and a roadmap of what content will be discussed in the speech. Public Forum: In PF, debaters typically aren’t expected to deliver a formal introduction, although they may consider …
General Definition: In debate, the logical justification for why a claim is true, including examples, logic, studies, data, or expert opinion. See also “Evidence“. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: see general definition. British Parliamentary: see general definition. Canadian National Debate Format: see general definition.
General Definition: A form of impact weighing that analyzes the probability of an impact to occur. See also “Probability“. Public Forum: In PF, likelihood is developed through both the specificity of examples or analysis, as well as statistical analysis drawn from expert research. World Schools Debate: In WSD, likelihood is …
General Definition: Going down the flow in order and addressing each argument one-by-one, or “line-by-line”. See also “Point-By-Point“. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: Not a common phrase in WSD, where “Point-By-Point” is used instead. British Parliamentary: Not a common phrase in BP, where”Point-By-Point” is used instead. Canadian National …
General Definition: Problems that build up and grow over time. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: Not a common phrase in WSD, although linear analysis can still amplify impacts as part of “Weighing“ British Parliamentary: Not a common phrase in BP, although linear analysis can still amplify impacts …
General Definition: An offensive refutation strategy that reverses the direction of a link, arguing that something decreasing an impact actually increases it, or that something increasing an impact actually decreases it. Debaters arguing a link turn should never argue an “Impact Turn” at the same time (see “Double Turn“). Public …
General Definition: The specific connection or relationship between one event and another. In debate, links establish causality between the resolution and its impacts. See also “Mechanism“. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: Not a common phrase in WSD, where “Mechanism” is used instead. British Parliamentary: Not a common phrase …
General Definition: Flawed, deceptive, or false arguments that can be proven wrong with effective reasoning. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: see general definition. British Parliamentary: see general definition. Canadian National Debate Format: see general definition.
General Definition: Appeals to logic; rhetoric designed to persuade an audience with logic or reason. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: see general definition. British Parliamentary: see general definition. Canadian National Debate Format: see general definition.
General Definition: A form of impact weighing that examines the size of an argument’s effect. Magnitude typically answers two questions: 1) How many are affected (also called “scope” or “breadth”); and 2) How much are they affected (also called “magnitude” or “depth”). Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: …
General Definition: A practice technique that includes fewer or shortened speeches to focus on improving specific aspects of one’s performance. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: see general definition. British Parliamentary: see general definition. Canadian National Debate Format: see general definition.