Elements of Parliamentary Debate A Guide to Public Argument, The

I. ELEMENTS OF DEBATE.

1. The Parliamentary Experience.

2. Resolutions-Modes and Types.

3. Research.

4. What is an Argument? Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.

5. Building Arguments-State, Explain, Support, Conclude.

6. Fallacies.

II. ELEMENTS OF CASES.

1. Government Burdens.

2. Opposition Burdens.

3. Defining the Resolution.

4. Factual and the Value Resolutions.

5. Policy Resolutions.

6. Refutation and Rebuttal.

7. Rebuttal Speeches.

8. Time/Space Cases.

III. ELEMENTS OF THE ROUND.

1. Prep Time.

2. Speaker's Roles.

3. POIs and POOs.

4. Flowing and Listening.

5. Delivery.

6. Wit and Humor.

7. Audience Analysis.

8. Understanding the Judge's Decision.

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