DEBATE PRACTICE WEEK 4

AC team NC team

1. 1.
2. 2.
 Resolution 5
Should there be a ban on child performers?
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Take notes of your main argument. Then prepare a short speech of argument.
Record your presentation.
 03 STEPS OF REFUTATION
STEP 1
1. Signpost/ repeat each point Their first point was care.

STEP 2:
2. Rephrase their argument They said that cats require less care.

STEP 3
That is not important! The whole point
3. Negation & Explanations about care is not relevant to owning a
pet. The owner of a pet raise it because
he/she often enjoys taking care of it!
 REVISIT REFUTATION
- Fact Step 1
• Repeat each point
OPINIONS - Policy
- value • Rephrase what is said
Step 2
- Logical
Refute
REASONS - Specific • Make negations and
- convincing explanations.
Step 3
• Challenge the supports.

SUPPORTS
- Examples No No
date
biased
source source
- Explanations
- Statistics No explanation
unreliable Questionable
statistic expertise
- Expert opinion
 THREE STEPS OF REFUTATION

SIGNPOST Their first point was cost.

They claimed that the May 1999 issue of Animal Weekly

REPHRASE
stated that cats are less expensive.

But this is not necessarily true! The evidence they gave was
NEGATION &
very questionable. They gave no explanation for why cats
EXPLANATION
are cheaper!
 Affirmative constructive:
Yes, [write the opinion / claim].
In this part, you have to use expert opinion or statistics as the evidence to prove your point. Take notes and record your
presentation.

Yes – arguments – Record 1: Name_Yes_Group… Refutation - Record 2: Name_Yes_Refutation_Group…

 Negative constructive:
No, [write the opinion / claim].
In this part, you have to use statistics and/or examples as the evidence to prove your point. Take notes and record your
presentation.

No – arguments - Record 3: Name_No_Group… Refutation - Record 4: Name_No_Refutation_Group…