Code of the Debator: Introduction to Policy Debating

pt. I: Initiation --
1. Policy debate --
The policy debate experience --
The debate tournament --
The affirmative stock issues: upholding the resolution --
The negative stock issues: refuting the resolution or case --
The code of the debater. pt. II: Basic knowledge --
2. The affirmative case --
Affirmative advantages --
Selecting an affirmative case --
Preparing an affirmative case --
Constructing your affirmative case --
Briefing / Frontlines --
3. The negative attacks the affirmative case --
General considerations --
Organizational guidelines for attacking the case --
Specific techniques for attacking the affirmative case --
Utilizing challenges --
Indicting affirmative evidence --
Strategic willingness to concede portions of case --
Techniques for dealing with stock issues --
Clashing with affirmative inherency --
Clashing with affirmative solvency --
4. The disadvantage --
Components --
Types of disadvantage scenarios --
Threshhold scenario --
Linear scenario --
Structure of a sample disadvantage argument --
Other concepts you might find useful --
Time frame --
Preemptions --
Advice to affirmatives: how to answer a disadvantage --
Winning disadvantages on the negative --
Kicking out of disadvantages --
5. The counterplan --
Criteria --
Answering counterplans --
6. The process of critique --
Why are critiques valuable? --
Types of critiques --
Answering critiques --
7. The topicality argument --
Arguing about definitions --
Winning with topicality --
Making a topicality argument --
Reasons to prefer the negative definition(s) --
Topicality can help with other arguments --
Answering topicality --
Affirmative topicality tips --
Common responses to topicality arguments --
Reasons why topicality is not a voting issue --
8. Debate steps --
First affirmative constructive (1AC) --
First negative constructive (1NC) --
Second affirmative constructive (2AC) --
Second negative constructive (2NC) --
First negative rebuttal (1NR) --
First affirmative rebuttal (1AR) --
Second negative rebuttal (2NR) --
Second affirmative rebuttal (2AR) --
Timeline for a policy debate. pt. III: Debaters have skills --
9. Speaking --
Goals --
The dynamic speaker --
Applying dynamism factors to delivery --
The physical elements of speech --
Caring for your speech system --
Giving a good first impression --
Speaking drills --
10. Flowing --
The basics --
Materials --
Organizing the flowsheets --
Using symbolic vocabulary --
Flowing speech by speech --
Helpful tips for flowing --
11. Organizing arguments --
Learn to build an outline --
Structure beyond the outline --
Building a single argument --
Signposting --
Organizing your refutation --
12. Preparing as a team --
Partnerships --
How to prepare on the affirmative --
How to prepare on the negative --
13. Cross-examination --
Objectives of cross-examination --
Guidelines for asking questions --
Guidelines for answering questions --
Tactics for specific cross-examination situations --
14. Research --
The importance of research --
A debate research plan --
Library resources --
15. Evidence --
Creating evidence cards --
Simple guidelines for evidence citation --
Evaluating evidence --
Evidence drills --
16. Briefing --
Titles and tagging of briefs --
Writing briefs and taglines --
Format of brief pages --
Taping briefs --
Strategic considerations --
Analytical arguments --
Analysis drills --
17. Rebuttals --
18. Adapting to judges and audiences --
Collecting and using information on the judge --
Types of judges --
Adapting to specific judge types. pt. IV: Endless journey --
19. The better debater? --
The "not better" debater --
20. How the decision gets made --
Tuna's equation --
Aunt Bluebell's scales --
21. Cross-application of ideas --
22. Evolving arguments : strategic handling of disadvantages. Appendixes: 1. Videos and web sites --
Sample flowsheet --
Sample brief.