SPAR Debate Vocabulary

Listen to your opponent carefully to prepare for your rebuttal. The best meaning for rebuttal is:

• debate

• counter argument

• case

• birthday

The topic that you will be debating is officially called the:

• theme

• reason

• conflict

• resolution

In our debates the time when both teams "battle" out their sides is called the:

• clash

• argument

• upset

• debate

The term that means that your team is in agreement with your topic statement is __________________.

• Positive

• Pro Team

• Affirmative

• Cool Club

The way you make eye contact, speak, and use expression during your debate is your _______________.

• delivery

• awesomeness

• performance

• reasoning

The team that is trying to prove that the topic statement is NOT true is the ______________ team.

• enemy

• bad

• affirmative

• negative