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Understanding Competitive Debate: Types, Propositions, and Judging Criteria

This chapter explores various types of competitive debate, including Policy/Team Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Student Congress, Mock Trials, and Parliamentary Debate. It emphasizes crafting effective propositions framed as questions, focusing on current issues without loaded language. Guidelines for judging debates, assessing speakers, and the duties of debaters are outlined, highlighting the importance of clarity and effective communication. Furthermore, it stresses the significance of presenting a well-defined position in policy propositions, ensuring neutrality in wording while inviting solutions to controversial issues.

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Understanding Competitive Debate: Types, Propositions, and Judging Criteria

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  1. Chapter One Competitive Debate

  2. Types of Debate • Policy/Team Debate (Four members-Two on each side)-includes traditional and cross examination debate styles. • Lincoln-Douglas Debate (Two people: one person on each side of issue) • Student congress • Mock Trials • Parliamentary Debate

  3. Propositions about Problems • Worded as a question-can help develop other propositions: “What should be done about health care reform in the United States?” • Problem statement of issue • Should be current • No loaded language • Open-ended-multitude of solutions • No moral belief propositions

  4. Propositions • Fact-prove true or false • Example: Resolved: That Ohio lottery revenues are declining in Ohio. • Value-one belief is better than another: better or worse, good or bad, right or wrong, justified or unjustified • Example: Resolved: That John Elway is a better quarterback than Dan Morino.

  5. Propositions • Policy-calls for a change in a program, law or rule. • Use facts and value for support! • Example: Resolved: That the city of Strongsville adopt a mandatory recycling program. • Local, state-wide, United States, or world policy

  6. Judging Debates • Determine which team has done the better job of debating • Rank/rate each speaker from 1-4 or scale of 1-30. • Give reasons for the decision. • Scores are tabulated

  7. Voting • Speaking style is considered • Issues and how they are argued • you must be able to communicate your arguments effectively to the judges-if the judges do not understand your argument, then you did not do a good job in communicating your arguments effectively

  8. Duties of Debaters • Affirmative-supports the proposition • Negative-opposes the proposition • Constructive speeches- present the debate case and the arguments and positions of the side • Rebuttals-are to refute the arguments of the other side and to review and reinforce your position

  9. Policy Proposition Rules • Address a controversial issue with sufficient information on both sides • Word the proposition affirmatively or in other words, take a position on the controversy-commitment to change! • Do not use the word “not” in the proposition-creates too much confusion • Show how you want the policy changed in the proposition • Only one idea in proposition • Wording should be neutral

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