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    The document outlines 10 rules for formal debates: 1) Debates consist of two teams with 2-3 speakers each who give constructive and rebuttal speeches. The affirmative team speaks first and last. 2) The affirmative must support and define the terms of the resolution while the negative challenges definitions. 3) The affirmative advocates everything required by the resolution without revision. New arguments cannot be introduced in rebuttals. 4) Teams must prove their assertions with evidence and logic to convince an uninformed listener. Facts must be accurate.

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    The document outlines 10 rules for formal debates: 1) Debates consist of two teams with 2-3 speakers each who give constructive and rebuttal speeches. The affirmative team speaks first and last. 2) The affirmative must support and define the terms of the resolution while the negative challenges definitions. 3) The affirmative advocates everything required by the resolution without revision. New arguments cannot be introduced in rebuttals. 4) Teams must prove their assertions with evidence and logic to convince an uninformed listener. Facts must be accurate.

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    The document outlines 10 rules for formal debates: 1) Debates consist of two teams with 2-3 speakers each who give constructive and rebuttal speeches. The affirmative team speaks first and last. 2) The affirmative must support and define the terms of the resolution while the negative challenges definitions. 3) The affirmative advocates everything required by the resolution without revision. New arguments cannot be introduced in rebuttals. 4) Teams must prove their assertions with evidence and logic to convince an uninformed listener. Facts must be accurate.

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    The document outlines 10 rules for formal debates: 1) Debates consist of two teams with 2-3 speakers each who give constructive and rebuttal speeches. The affirmative team speaks first and last. 2) The affirmative must support and define the terms of the resolution while the negative challenges definitions. 3) The affirmative advocates everything required by the resolution without revision. New arguments cannot be introduced in rebuttals. 4) Teams must prove their assertions with evidence and logic to convince an uninformed listener. Facts must be accurate.

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    Rules of Debate

    1. There are two teams, each consisting of two or three speakers.

    2. Each team has two or three constructive speeches, and two to three rebuttal
    speeches. The affirmative gives the first constructive speech, and the rebuttals
    alternate: negative, affirmative, negative, affirmative. The affirmative has both the
    first and last speeches of the debate.

    3. When worded as a proposition of policy, the topic requires the affirmative to


    support some specified action by some particular individual or group. The affirmative
    has the right to make any reasonable definition of each of the terms of the proposition.
    If the negative challenges the reasonableness of a definition by the affirmative, the
    judge must accept the definition of the team that shows better grounds for its
    interpretation of the term.

    4. The affirmative must advocate everything required by the topic itself. No revision
    of position of a team is permitted during the debate.

    5. He who asserts must prove. In order to establish an assertion, the team must support
    it with enough evidence and logic to convince an intelligent but previously
    uninformed person that it is more reasonable to believe the assertion than to disbelieve
    it. Facts must be accurate. Visual materials are permissible, and once introduced, they
    become available for the opponents' use if desired.

    6. In the questioning period, the questioner may ask any fair, clear question that has a
    direct bearing on the debate. The questioner may use the period to build up any part of
    his own case, to tear down any part of his opposition's case, or to ascertain facts, such
    as the opposition's position on a certain issue, that can be used later in the debate. The
    questioner must confine himself to questions and not make statements, comments, or
    ask rhetorical questions.

    7. Each speaker is questioned as soon as he concludes his constructive speech. The


    speaker must answer the questions without consulting his colleagues.

    8. No new constructive arguments may be introduced in the rebuttal period. The


    affirmative must, if possible, reply to the major negative arguments before the last
    rebuttal.

    9. The judge must base his decision entirely on the material presented, without regard
    for other material which he may happen to possess.

    10. Any gains made outside of the established procedure are disallowed.

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