Resolved, that…..

(Place Resolution Title Here)

(Definitions of any terms you are unsure of here)

Hello, I am ____________________ and I am here today to argue (pro/con) on

the resolution that
____________________________________________________________________. I am
here to argue this side for (1/2/3/4) main reasons. My first is that:

Reason 1: (List out your specific reason here)

– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason

– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason
– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason

Reason 2: (List your specific reason here)

– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason
– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason
– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason

Reason 3: (List your specific reason here)

– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason

– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason
– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about this reason

Other facts not directly related to the topic should go below here:

– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about the topic in general

– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about the topic in general
– Fact, statistic, or personal anecdote about the topic in general

Sources:

(include both the web address and just a shorten name of the site so that
people will know what you are talking about when you announce that your
facts are from that source)

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___________________________

Debate Tips
• Always be speak up so that everyone can hear you all across the
audience
• Engage the audience; throw in some jokes and make sure they are
entertained
• When in doubt, feel free to yield to questions. The audience may
help.
• EYE CONTACT! It is very important that you look up and stare down
the audience.
• Your delivery is especially important. Don’t just stand locked behind
the podium. Move around, use hand signals, and get into the debate.
• Change your volume. You will keep the audience listening if you talk
loudly, then talk softer for a dramatic part, and then go back to loud.