DEBATE

Reasons to debate

• Defend yourself or opinion

• Help settle others' arguments

• to persuade others to get what you want

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Presenting a persuasive opinion

• argument

• debate

• fight

• speech

Involves at least two people equally trying to prove which side is right; uses a formal structure

• argument

• debate

• fight

• counter argument

Which of the following is false about debates?

• Can be informal

• Can be written

• Can use logic

• Can involve personal attacks on the opponent

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Who did Abraham Lincoln debate in 1858? They were running against each other for the Illinois State Senate.

• Andrew Johnson

• Stephen Douglas

• William H. Seward

• Samuel Felton

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which guideline for modern-day LD structure debates is correct?

• each side of the debate will give an opening speech without time limits

• each side will have a turn to speak without interruption

• neither side can ask the other side questions

• neither side will have prepared for the debate

A statement made by a lawyer at the beginning of a trial that outlines the case to be presented

• Rebuttal

• Refute

• Opening Statement

• Claim

When giving a closing statement, an attorney attempts to persuade the judge and/or jury to favor his/her side by

• acknowledging the flaws in the case

• asking the judge/jury to use logic to decide

• summarizing the evidence and justifying their side of the case

• show causation and correlations between the evidence and the charges

If a person plays a lot in a casino, and as a consequence loses all his/her money. Is the relationship between the woman and the loss of her money an example of causation or correlation?

• causation

• correlation

• both causation and correlation

The defendant pushed the man. The man fell backward onto a glass table. The table broke and a large shard of glass pierced the man's throat and he bled to death. The relationship between the defendant and the man's death is ?

• causation

• correlation

• both causation and correlation

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3