Briefly restates terms the negative’s team case
reinforces the idea/argument delivered by 1st speaker
Delivers new arguments
nd
3rd Affirmative
Tearing down the negative Supporting and polishing
clash/ point of contention Identify the issues raised by both sides (what our team
has given and what the other side has given as well) Provide a biased adjudication of the debate and also to
2nd Affirmative
Tearing down the negative
Continue building and supporting
Rebuts the 1st negative’s arguments Briefly restates terms the affirmative’s team caakers give a summarize and close convincingly. (reply speech is not rebuttal)
Closing speakers duties: Provide summary of overview of the debate/ what is the
2nd Negative
Tearing down the affirmative
Continue building and supporting
Rebuts the 2nd affirmative’s argument
could also continue to rebut first two affirmative
Provides a response to the definition (accepts or challenges the definition)
Rebuts 1st affirmative Presents the negative’s stance （opinion） Describes the negative’s arguments
(reinforces the idea/ argument by 1st speaker)
Delivers arguments (2nd affirmative’s argments).
Most of the 2nd affirmative’s time should be dealing with new material/arguments
Rebuts the points/arguments raised by the first two negative speaker.
The 3rd affirmative is mainly entrusted with the duty of responding to the arguments of the negative that were not previously dealt with by the first two affirmative speaker.
3rd Negative
Tearing down the negative Supporting and polishing
Rebuts the point raised by all three affirmative speaker. The 3rd negative speaker cannot bring a new matter/argument/ split No new material Rebuilds team’s case Summarizes the issues of the debate (summary)
Debating Basics
A debate is held between two teams of four members each
Affirmative Vs Negative
1st negative-
Tearing down the affirmative building up the negative