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POLICY DEBATE

POLICY DEBATE. Cross-Examination (CX). POLICY DEBATE. Purpose of policy debate is to compare policies and decide which is best Affirmative: Supports the resolution Negative: Supports the status quo. AFF & NEG Responsibilities.

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POLICY DEBATE

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  1. POLICY DEBATE Cross-Examination (CX)

  2. POLICY DEBATE • Purpose of policy debate is to compare policies and decide which is best • Affirmative: Supports the resolution • Negative: Supports the status quo

  3. AFF & NEG Responsibilities • AFF: Defends resolution by giving a plan- specific proposal that fits within framework of resolution; case with reasons why the plan should be enacted (advantages over the status quo) • NEG: Explains why AFF plan is not good • May make problem worse or cause more problems than it solves • Can agree that there is a problem with status quo, but that there is a better way to solve it than AFF’s plan • Can argue AFF plan does not fit within framework of resolution

  4. CX Debate Format • 8 minutes each constructive speech • 3 minutes cross-examination after each constructive • 5 minutes each rebuttal • 8 minutes prep. time per team

  5. More on CX format • The CX is done by the person not doing the next constructive • AFF speaks first and last; to balance this out, NEG gets Negative block

  6. Five Stock Issues • Topicality- AFF must meet each term in resolution; plan has to fit within framework • Harms- AFF shows status quo as bad • Inherency- cause of problem cited by AFF (why status quo can’t solve); barrier that prevents present policies from reducing harms • Solvency- AFF plan resolves significant part of harm • Advantages- AFF has to produce advantages to solve harms; NEG argues adoption of AFF plan creates more problems that outweigh any advantage it offers

  7. Counterplan Basics • Compete against AFF policy • Parts: • Text- explanation of what it does; just like AFF plan • Competition- explanation of why counterplan should be preferred over the plan • Solvency- explanation of how the counterplan fixes the affirmative problem • Net benefits- reasons why the counterplan is better than the plan

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