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Cross Examination Debate

Cross Examination Debate. Notes – Debate I Rutledge. Characteristics of CX Debate. Policy decisions/options are debated Rounds last 90 minutes (average) 2 debaters on each side Deals with stock issues Topicality Inherency Harms Significance Solvency.

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Cross Examination Debate

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  1. Cross Examination Debate Notes – Debate I Rutledge

  2. Characteristics of CX Debate • Policy decisions/options are debated • Rounds last 90 minutes (average) • 2 debaters on each side • Deals with stock issues • Topicality • Inherency • Harms • Significance • Solvency

  3. What are the two sides in a CX round? • Affirmative • Negative

  4. Key Terms • Status Quo: The present system • CX: To ask questions of your opponent • Disadvantage: Anything negative that occurs from enacting the affirmative plan. • Solvency: Proof that the affirmative plan works. • Inherency: Reasons why action cannot be taken now • Topicality: Being on topic • Harms: Bad things that occur in the status quo • Significance: Important or significant • Flow: To take abbreviated notes during a round • Resolution: The statement being debated (begins with “Resolved..)

  5. What does the Affirmative side do? • The affirmative team is responsible for upholding the resolution. • The affirmative team must explain why the present system is bad. • The affirmative team must offer a solution to solving the problems they have pointed out. • The affirmative team must offer proof that what they want to do will work to solve the problems they have pointed out. • The affirmative team must point out why changes cannot occur now in the present system.

  6. About Resolutions • Current Resolution: • Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its engagement toward Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela. • Past Sample Resolutions: • Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish a foreign policy significantly limiting the use of weapons of mass destruction. • Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish an education policy to significantly increase academic achievement in secondary schools in the United States. • Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States.

  7. What does the Negative side do? Your options include: • Defend the status quo (present system) • Speak against change, which is what the resolution asks for. • Explain how the affirmative plan makes things worse. This is known as a disadvantage. • Explain how there is sufficient ability in the present system to do this plan now. • Convince your judge that the affirmative is off topic. This is know as topicality.

  8. Speaking Order • 1AC (First Affirmative Constructive) 8 Minutes • CX 3 Minutes • 1NC (First Negative Constructive) 8 Minutes • CX 3 Minutes • 2AC (Second Affirmative Constructive) 8 Minutes • CX 3 Minutes • 2NC (Second Negative Constructive) 8 Minutes • CX 3 Minutes • 1NR (First Negative Rebuttal) 5 Minutes • 1AR (First Affirmative Rebuttal) 5 Minutes • 2NR (Second Negative Rebuttal) 5 Minutes • 2AR (Second Affirmative Rebuttal) 5 Minutes

  9. Who Cross Examines Who? • 1AC • CX by the 2NC • 1NC • CX by the 1AC • 2AC • CX by 1NC • 2NC • CX by 2AC • 1NR • 1AR • 2NR • 2AR

  10. Why do we Cross Examine? • To expose errors in an opponent’s argument • To clarify information we did not hear or do not understand • To set the foundation for a new argument in the future

  11. Stock Issues • S - Significance • H - Harms • I - Inherency • T - Topicality • S - Solvency • Or “S-H-I-T-S” for short

  12. Significance and Harms • Significance: The state of being important. • Harms: Bad things that occur now in the status quo. • Harms MUST BE Significant as they are the basis that the affirmative argues for change to occur. • Ex: One baby dies every six months due to malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa (Not Significant) • Ex: 1 Million babies die each year due to malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa….(Significant)

  13. I - Inherency • Inherency: The reasons why a problem cannot be solved now (in the present system). • Three Types: • Attitudinal – attitudes which exist • Structural – laws which exist • Existential

  14. T - Topicality • This means that the affirmative case is on topic and abides by all words in the resolution. For instance: • If the resolution calls for the US Federal Government to take action, the party enacting a plan cannot be the European Union. This would not be on topic. • If the resolution is about increasing US student test scores the plan cannot be about lowering teenage pregnancy.

  15. S - Solvency • Solvency is the proof that what you advocate is something that has been (or can be) proven effective. • Must have reputable sources • Should have current dates • Must have cards to prove your case effectiveness • Must solve for all of your harms • Can solve for more but is not necessary • This is called an advantage.

  16. Recap: • CX Debate focuses on the advocacy by one side (the affirmative) for a change in the present system (status quo). The negative team opposes this change and believes the present system (status quo) is better than any proposed change.

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