Deabte Guidlines for Poly Government

Lincoln Douglass Debate

Order of speakers:

1. First Affirmative Constructive (4 minutes):
• Defines key terms in resolution
• Presents the team’s values
• Presents evidence that supports at least one of the values

2. Negative Cross ex/rebuttalist
• Asks specific questions that attempt to dismantle the affirmative argument
• Asks general questions that attempt to promote the negative arguments

3. First Negative Constructive (4 minutes):

• Rebutts affirmative team’s initial argument
• Defines key terms in resolution
• Presents the team’s values
• Presents evidence that supports at least one of the values

4. Affirmative Cross ex/rebuttalist
• Asks specific questions that attempt to dismantle the negative team’s argument
• Asks general questions that attempt to promote the affirmative arguments

5. Second Affirmative Constructive:
• Rebutts negative team’s initial argument
• Re-presents affirmative values
• Continues to present the affirmative team’s arguments
• Presents evidence that supports the affirmative team’s values

6. Negative Cross ex/rebuttalist:
• Asks specific questions that attempt to dismantle the affirmative argument
• Asks general questions that attempt to promote the negative arguments

7. Second Negative Constructive:
• Rebutts affirmative team’s initial argument
• Re-presents negative values
• Continues to present the negative team’s arguments
• Presents evidence that supports the negative team’s values

8. Affirmative Cross ex/rebuttalist
• Asks specific questions that attempt to dismantle the negative team’s argument
• Asks general questions that attempt to promote the affirmative arguments

9. Negative Cross ex/rebuttalist
• Restates the mistakes made by the affirmative team during cross ex
• Restates flaws in affirmative arguments
• Summarizes the negative team’s arguments

10. Affirmative Cross ex/rebuttalist
• Restates the mistakes made by the negative team during cross ex
• Restates flaws in negative team’s arguments
• Summarizes the affirmative team’s arguments

First Affirmative Constructive (4 min)
Introduction:
• Hook with quote or anecdote
• Resolution Stated
• Team’s Position Stated

Background and Context
• Key Terms Defined
• Values Stated and Defined
• Arguments stated
Argument Constructed
• Argument stated
• Connection to value stated
• Evidence to support value provided
a) at least one court case and/or piece of legislation
b) at least one relevant reference to the United States Constitution
c) several pieces of numeric/statistical data
d) at least one primary source
e) sources are all cited

First Negative Constructive (4 min)
Refutation:
• Directly responds to the values and arguments presented by the Affirmative Team
Introduction:
• Hook with quote or anecdote
• Resolution Stated
• Team’s Position Stated
Background and Context
• Key Terms Defined
• Values Stated and Defined
Arguments stated
Argument Constructed
• Argument stated
• Connection to value stated
• Evidence to support value provided
a) at least one court case and/or piece of legislation
b) at least one relevant reference to the United States Constitution
c) several pieces of numeric/statistical data
d) at least one primary source
e) sources are all cited

Second Affirmative Constructive (4 min)
Refutation
• Directly responds to and challenges the values, definition and evidence provided by other team
Argument Constructed
• Next value(s) restated and defined
• Argument stated
• Connection to value stated
• Evidence to support value provided
a) at least one court case and/or piece of legislation
b) at least one relevant reference to the United States Constitution
c) several pieces of numeric/statistical data
d) at least one primary source
e) sources are all cited

Second Negative Constructive (4 min)
Refutation
• Directly responds to and challenges the values, definition and evidence provided by other team
Argument Constructed
• Next value(s) restated and defined
• Argument stated
• Connection to value stated
• Evidence to support value provided
a) at least one court case and/or piece of legislation
b) at least one relevant reference to the United States Constitution
c) several pieces of numeric/statistical data
d) at least one primary source
e) sources are all cited