Defense (policy debate)

Part of the series Policy Debate

Organization

Policy debate competitions Inter-Collegiate policy debate

Format

Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · Rebuttal · Prep Time Evidence · Flow

Participants

Affirmative · Negative · Judge

Types of Arguments

Stock Issues · Case· Disadvantage Counterplan · Kritik Impact calculus · Topicality

Argumentative Concepts

Offense · Defense · Turn · Drop · Fiat

v · policy debate, defense refers to argument which has no implication other than mitigating an argument made by the opposing team. For example, "A will not cause B" is a defensive argument, while "A will cause B" is an offensive argument. Defensive arguments may often be conceded to "kick out" of positions. For example, a team wishing to kick out of their politics disadvantage could concede the argument "Fiat takes out the link." Although this argument is frowned upon by the community, the fact that it is conceded gives it 100% percent weight in the round and thus takes out any offence the other team may have on that flow. For example, an impact turn on a disad with no internal link becomes irrelevant. Why most coaches and judges encourage you to have more defense is because the offense is exactly that -- offense. So if the negative goes for only one argument in the 2NR, and argues that there is no affirmative offense on the flow, they essentially win the round, because at any risk of the CP, D/A, K, whatever, solving, they win the round. See also Offense This speech and debate-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Policy debate Speech and debate stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Riall Johnson Arkansas Highway 112 Look at other dictionaries: Policy debate — Part of the series Policy Debate Organization Policy debate competitions Inter Collegiate policy debate Format Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · …   Wikipedia Judge (policy debate) — Part of the series Policy Debate Organization Policy debate competitions Inter Collegiate policy debate Format Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · Rebu …   Wikipedia Offense (policy debate) — Part of the series Policy Debate Organization Policy debate competitions Inter Collegiate policy debate Format Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · Reb …   Wikipedia Drop (policy debate) — Part of the series Policy Debate Organization Policy debate competitions Inter Collegiate policy debate Format Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · Rebu …   Wikipedia Negative (policy debate) — Part of the series Policy Debate Organization Policy debate competitions Inter Collegiate policy debate Format Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · Rebu …   Wikipedia Defense Logistics Agency — crest Agency overview Formed 1961 Headquarters …   Wikipedia Debate camp — For the episode of The West Wing, see Debate Camp (West Wing). Part of the series Policy Debate Organization Policy debate competitions Inter Collegiate policy debate Format Structure of policy de …   Wikipedia DEFENSE FORCES — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1878–1948) The development of the self defense force of the yishuv was an influential part of the history of Jewish settlement in Ereẓ Israel. In the last quarter of the 19th century, when the first Jewish… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism Policy — This article is about policies in general. For government policy, see Public policy. For other uses, see Policy (disambiguation). A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s). The term… …   Wikipedia Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2025 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”