Public Forum Debate

The ____________ says that once a team
advances an argument, it is the burden of the other team to respond to
it. If the team doesn’t respond to it, it is considered to be won by the team
that is advancing the argument.

• burden of rejoinder

• burden of proof

• burden of deceit

A period of economic decline will trigger a war. This statement is an example of a

• claim

• contention

• cross-fire

Questioning periods during a Public Forum debate are called

• cross-fires

• rebuttals

• counterplans

Evidence cited in a debate that is
supported by a study is called

• Empirical evidence

• Empirical solvency

• Embedded refutation

The final two-minute speeches of
a public forum debate are called the

• Final Focus

• Final Four

• Framework

A way of seeing the world is called a

• paradigm.

• contention.

• claim.

The total amount of shared time allotted within a
debate to you and your partner so that you can prepare your speeches is called

• prep time

• final focus

• alternate causality

The process for taking notes during the debate is called

• flow

• final focus

• frontline

The explanation of how the judge should
evaluate the debate is called the

• framework

• interpretation

• power-match

An argument that says that
there is another cause of the harm that the the Pro seeks to solve for...

• Alternate causality

• Apriori claim

• Impact defense