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Debating Jeopardy

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Question: a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior.

Answer: Advantage

Question: Articulation
Answer:
the action of putting into words an idea or feeling of a specified type.



Question: Debate
Answer: a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints


Question: Justification
Answer: a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends


Question: Proposition
Answer: the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done

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Question: Affirmative team
Answer:
a statement of agreement with an assertion or request.


Question:
A duty placed upon a civil or criminal defendant to prove or disprove a disputed fact.

Answer: Burden of proof

Question: that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof.

Answer: Evidence

Question: Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.

Answer: Testimony

Question: Rate
Answer: assigned position in any of a series of graded classes; rating.

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Question: Analogical reasoning
Answer: Analogical reasoning is any type of thinking that relies upon an analogy.

Question: Burden of rebuttal
Answer: The rebutter of any truth assertion must refute at least one of the issues by the informative argument;otherwise, the affirmative assertion stands alone.

Question: Examples
Answer: one of a number of things, or a part of something, taken to show the character of the whole


Question: Language
Answer: communication by voice in the distinctively human manner, using arbitrary sounds in conventional ways with conventional meanings; speech.

Question: Reasoning
Answer: the process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.


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Question: the state of being full of life or vigor; liveliness.


Answer: Animation

Question: Comparison
Answer: the act or instance of comparing.



Question: a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.:gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.

Answer: Gestures

Question: Negative
Answer: In policy debate, the Negative is the team which negates the resolution and contends with the affirmative team.



Question: Rebuttal
Answer: Overcoming arguments by your opponent and re-explaining or rebuilding your own arguments

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Question: Language suitable for an occasion.
Answer: Appropriate

Question: the first four speeches of a debate round
Answer: Constructive speeches

Question: Inherency
Answer: something inherent.

Question: Pitch
Answer: to erect or set up

Question: Exact language
Answer: strictly correct speech