Fact Debate Speaker Responsibilities
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Communication Studies 3: Argumentation & Debate
Fact Debate
Speaker Responsibilities
First Affirmative Establishes the arguments (contentions) of the affirmative case and
Constructive: includes all the claims, grounds and reasoning that the audience/judge should
know in order to vote in the affirmative’s favor. They will also define the key
terms in the argumentative “ground.”
The 1AC will have a total of 3 minutes to get to as many arguments possible
(although, you may not get to all if you run out of time). Be sure to use ALL of
your time!
First Negative Establishes the arguments of the negative team and its position on the
Constructive: proposition. IF the negative team plans to question the definitions and key terms
and definitions, he/she must do it here and offer alternative definitions. The 1NC
will have a total of 3 minutes to present his/her case. He/She does NOT need to
offer rebuttals to the affirmative side just yet…that will be saved for the “rebuttal
rounds.” Be sure to use ALL of your time!
Second Affirmative Establishes the arguments (contentions) of the affirmative case and
Constructive: includes all the claims, grounds and reasoning that the audience/judge should
know in order to vote in the affirmative’s favor. They will also define the key
terms in the argumentative “ground.”
The 1AC will have a total of 2 minutes to get to the remainder of the team’s
arguments (although, you may not get to all if you run out of time). Be sure to use
ALL of your time!
Second Negative Establishes the arguments of the negative team and its position on the
Constructive: proposition. IF the negative team plans to question the definitions and key terms
and definitions, he/she must do it here and offer alternative definitions. The 1NC
will have a total of 2 minutes to present his/her case. He/She does NOT need to
offer rebuttals to the affirmative side just yet…that will be saved for the “rebuttal
rounds.” Be sure to use ALL of your time!
