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Debate basics
How a debate runs, what the resolution commits each side to, and how to build a case you can defend.
7 beginner lessons
Beginner · About 5 minHow a debate works
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How a debate works
The resolution, the two sides, the speech order, and why clash is the point.
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Understand the resolution
Read the wording and work out what each side has to prove.
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Make a clear claim
Turn a topic into a point the audience can accept or reject.
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Explain your reasoning
Explain why your evidence actually proves your point.
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Build your constructive speech
Set out a case you can defend through cross-ex, rebuttal and closing.
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Listen and take useful notes
Flow the debate so you know what each speech still has to answer.
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Run your first SuperDebate
Argue both sides through constructives, cross-ex, rebuttals and closings.
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