The code of the debater: introduction to policy debating

✍ Scribed by Snider, Alfred

• Publisher: International Debate Education Association
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Appendixes: 1. Videos and web sites -- Sample flowsheet -- Sample brief.;pt. I: Initiation -- 1. Policy debate -- The policy debate experience -- The debate tournament -- The affirmative stock issues: upholding the resolution -- The negative stock issues: refuting the resolution or case -- The code of the debater.;pt. IV: Endless journey -- 19. The better debater? -- The "not better" debater -- 20. How the decision gets made -- Tuna's equation -- Aunt Bluebell's scales -- 21. Cross-application of ideas -- 22. Evolving arguments : strategic handling of disadvantages.;pt. III: Debaters have skills -- 9. Speaking -- Goals -- The dynamic speaker -- Applying dynamism factors to delivery -- The physical elements of speech -- Caring for your speech system -- Giving a good first impression -- Speaking drills -- 10. Flowing -- The basics -- Materials -- Organizing the flowsheets -- Using symbolic vocabulary -- Flowing speech by speech -- Helpful tips for flowing -- 11. Organizing arguments -- Learn to build an outline -- Structure beyond the outline -- Building a single argument -- Signposting -- Organizing your refutation -- 12. Preparing as a team -- Partnerships -- How to prepare on the affirmative -- How to prepare on the negative -- 13. Cross-examination -- Objectives of cross-examination -- Guidelines for asking questions -- Guidelines for answering questions -- Tactics for specific cross-examination situations -- 14. Research -- The importance of research -- A debate research plan -- Library resources -- 15. Evidence -- Creating evidence cards -- Simple guidelines for evidence citation -- Evaluating evidence -- Evidence drills -- 16. Briefing -- Titles and tagging of briefs -- Writing briefs and taglines -- Format of brief pages -- Taping briefs -- Strategic considerations -- Analytical arguments -- Analysis drills -- 17. Rebuttals -- 18. Adapting to judges and audiences -- Collecting and using information on the judge -- Types of judges -- Adapting to specific judge types.;pt. II: Basic knowledge -- 2. The affirmative case -- Affirmative advantages -- Selecting an affirmative case -- Preparing an affirmative case -- Constructing your affirmative case -- Briefing / Frontlines -- 3. The negative attacks the affirmative case -- General considerations -- Organizational guidelines for attacking the case -- Specific techniques for attacking the affirmative case -- Utilizing challenges -- Indicting affirmative evidence -- Strategic willingness to concede portions of case -- Techniques for dealing with stock issues -- Clashing with affirmative inherency -- Clashing with affirmative solvency -- 4. The disadvantage -- Components -- Types of disadvantage scenarios -- Threshhold scenario -- Linear scenario -- Structure of a sample disadvantage argument -- Other concepts you might find useful -- Time frame -- Preemptions -- Advice to affirmatives: how to answer a disadvantage -- Winning disadvantages on the negative -- Kicking out of disadvantages -- 5. The counterplan -- Criteria -- Answering counterplans -- 6. The process of critique -- Why are critiques valuable? -- Types of critiques -- Answering critiques -- 7. The topicality argument -- Arguing about definitions -- Winning with topicality -- Making a topicality argument -- Reasons to prefer the negative definition(s) -- Topicality can help with other arguments -- Answering topicality -- Affirmative topicality tips -- Common responses to topicality arguments -- Reasons why topicality is not a voting issue -- 8. Debate steps -- First affirmative constructive (1AC) -- First negative constructive (1NC) -- Second affirmative constructive (2AC) -- Second negative constructive (2NC) -- First negative rebuttal (1NR) -- First affirmative rebuttal (1AR) -- Second negative rebuttal (2NR) -- Second affirmative rebuttal (2AR) -- Timeline for a policy debate.

✦ Table of Contents

pt. I: Initiation --
1. Policy debate --
The policy debate experience --
The debate tournament --
The affirmative stock issues: upholding the resolution --
The negative stock issues: refuting the resolution or case --
The code of the debater. pt. II: Basic knowledge --
2. The affirmative case --
Affirmative advantages --
Selecting an affirmative case --
Preparing an affirmative case --
Constructing your affirmative case --
Briefing / Frontlines --
3. The negative attacks the affirmative case --
General considerations --
Organizational guidelines for attacking the case --
Specific techniques for attacking the affirmative case --
Utilizing challenges --
Indicting affirmative evidence --
Strategic willingness to concede portions of case --
Techniques for dealing with stock issues --
Clashing with affirmative inherency --
Clashing with affirmative solvency --
4. The disadvantage --
Components --
Types of disadvantage scenarios --
Threshhold scenario --
Linear scenario --
Structure of a sample disadvantage argument --
Other concepts you might find useful --
Time frame --
Preemptions --
Advice to affirmatives: how to answer a disadvantage --
Winning disadvantages on the negative --
Kicking out of disadvantages --
5. The counterplan --
Criteria --
Answering counterplans --
6. The process of critique --
Why are critiques valuable? --
Types of critiques --
Answering critiques --
7. The topicality argument --
Arguing about definitions --
Winning with topicality --
Making a topicality argument --
Reasons to prefer the negative definition(s) --
Topicality can help with other arguments --
Answering topicality --
Affirmative topicality tips --
Common responses to topicality arguments --
Reasons why topicality is not a voting issue --
8. Debate steps --
First affirmative constructive (1AC) --
First negative constructive (1NC) --
Second affirmative constructive (2AC) --
Second negative constructive (2NC) --
First negative rebuttal (1NR) --
First affirmative rebuttal (1AR) --
Second negative rebuttal (2NR) --
Second affirmative rebuttal (2AR) --
Timeline for a policy debate. pt. III: Debaters have skills --
9. Speaking --
Goals --
The dynamic speaker --
Applying dynamism factors to delivery --
The physical elements of speech --
Caring for your speech system --
Giving a good first impression --
Speaking drills --
10. Flowing --
The basics --
Materials --
Organizing the flowsheets --
Using symbolic vocabulary --
Flowing speech by speech --
Helpful tips for flowing --
11. Organizing arguments --
Learn to build an outline --
Structure beyond the outline --
Building a single argument --
Signposting --
Organizing your refutation --
12. Preparing as a team --
Partnerships --
How to prepare on the affirmative --
How to prepare on the negative --
13. Cross-examination --
Objectives of cross-examination --
Guidelines for asking questions --
Guidelines for answering questions --
Tactics for specific cross-examination situations --
14. Research --
The importance of research --
A debate research plan --
Library resources --
15. Evidence --
Creating evidence cards --
Simple guidelines for evidence citation --
Evaluating evidence --
Evidence drills --
16. Briefing --
Titles and tagging of briefs --
Writing briefs and taglines --
Format of brief pages --
Taping briefs --
Strategic considerations --
Analytical arguments --
Analysis drills --
17. Rebuttals --
18. Adapting to judges and audiences --
Collecting and using information on the judge --
Types of judges --
Adapting to specific judge types. pt. IV: Endless journey --
19. The better debater? --
The "not better" debater --
20. How the decision gets made --
Tuna's equation --
Aunt Bluebell's scales --
21. Cross-application of ideas --
22. Evolving arguments : strategic handling of disadvantages. Appendixes: 1. Videos and web sites --
Sample flowsheet --
Sample brief.

✦ Subjects

Debates and debating