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DEBATE FORMAT

(+) Affirmative (-) Negative

1st Speaker 1st Speaker

2nd Speaker 2nd Speaker

3rd Speaker 3rd Speaker

SPEAKERS’ ROLES

(+) Affirmative team

Speakers Roles
 Giving Definition
1st speaker  Giving team line
 Giving Arguments and examples
 Rebut 1st Speaker of Negative team
2nd speaker
 Giving Arguments and examples
 Rebut 2nd Speaker of Negative team
3rd speaker
 Summarises your team cases

(-) Negative team

Speakers Roles
 Rebut 1st Speaker of Affirmative team
1st speaker  Giving team line
 Giving arguments and examples
 Rebut 2nd Speaker of Affirmative team
2nd speaker
 Giving arguments and examples
 Rebut 3rd Speaker of Affirmative team
3rd speaker
 Summarises your team cases
Here are the speech formats you can use:

1st Speaker of Affirmative team 1st Speaker of Negative team 2nd of Affirmative or Negative 3rd Speaker of Affirmative or
team Negative team
 Good  Good  Good  Good
morning/afternoon/evenin morning/afternoon/evenin morning/afternoon/evenin morning/afternoon/evenin
g, my name is _____ as the g, my name is _____ as the g, my name is _____ as the g, my name is _____ as the
1st speaker of Affirmative 1st speaker of Negative 2nd speaker of 3rd speaker of
team. team. Affirmative/Negative Affrimative/Negative
team. team.
 I will define the motion  Our team line is _______.
today, first _____ is _____  I want to rebut the  I want to rebut the
(ex: money is ____) and  I want to rebut the arguments of previous arguments of previous
______ is _____. arguments of 1st speaker speaker of speaker of
of Affirmative team Affirmative/Negative team Affirmative/Negative team
 Our team line is _______. First, they say that ______, First, they say that ______, First, they say that ______,
but it is not like that. but it is not like that. but it is not like that.
 We agree to this motion. Because _____. Because _____. Because _____.
First argument is ______ . Second, they say that Second, they say that Second, they say that
Because ______. Example, _____, but it is not like _____, but it is not like _____, but it is not like
_____. that. Because _____. that. Because _____. that. Because _____.
Second argument is (You may add more). (You may add more). (You may add more).
______ is _____. Because
______. Example ______.  We disagree to this  We agree/disagree to this  Based on my team’s
(You may add more motion. motion. arguments, I summarise
arguments if you want). First argument is ______ . First argument is ______ . that
Because ______. Example, Because ______. Example, First argument is ______ .
 Based on my arguments, _____. _____. Because ______. Example,
This motion should stand. Second argument is Second argument is _____.
______ is _____. Because ______ is _____. Because Second argument is
______. Example ______. ______. Example ______. ______ is _____. Because
(You may add more (You may add more ______. Example ______.
arguments if you want). arguments if you want). (You may add more
arguments if you want).
 Based on my arguments,  Based on my arguments,
This motion should fall. This motion should  Based on my summary,
stand/fall. This motion should
stand/fall.

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