Affirmative Whip Speech Outline

Background/Status Quo:
Setting up the tagline

Tagline

Summary 1:
Achieving this goal/Aligning with the central idea using points 1 & 2 (flexible)

Summary 2:
Achieving this goal/Aligning with the central idea using point 3 (flexible)

Tagline

Rebuttal 1:
Shutting down opponents points
(splitting up 1st negative speaker’s points and 2n speaker’s points is ideal)

Concluding Question:
A rhetorical question similar to the tagline. Often framed in a negative light.
So now, we leave you with a question:

Example Motion & Points

Motion: Schools should be required to have technology education classes.

Affirmative points:
1. Teaches students valuable academic skills
2. Equip students with practical day-to-day life skills
3. Prepare students for their future careers

Negative points:
1. Is counterproductive for schools in poor communities
2. Not practical for low-income students
3. Increases the achievement gap between rich and poor
 Affirmative Whip Speech Example

Background/Status Quo
We live in a world where almost everything we do is intertwined with technology. We use
technology to buy groceries, entertain ourselves, communicate with others, and much more. As
time passes, these technologies will become increasingly vital for the world to function and the
skills to use them will become increasingly vital to function in this world.
Tagline
As such, it is our duty to properly educate and prepare students for this future.
Summary 1
This motion can achieve this by teaching students valuable skills that will help them in every
major part of their lives. It starts with teaching them skills to succeed in the academic setting.
These skills can help them better navigate the internet to conduct research, find resources for
self-education, and gain access into the insight and expertise of others. School assignments are
becoming more and more dependent on understanding how to use technology and navigating
the internet. Ensuring that students have the necessary skills to succeed in their academics is
vital for their future.
Summary 2
Even as an adult, the skills that they learn will still be applicable. When people enter the real
world, they will have to take up more responsibilities. These responsibilities often require
independent thinking and problem solving skills. Whether it be setting up automatic payments
for the electric bill, filing tax returns, or just completing tasks with efficiency, these skills are
crucial to have.
Tagline
This is how we educate and prepare students for the future.
Rebuttal 1
The opposition is concerned that this motion is impractical for students from poorer
backgrounds. However, their concerns are unfounded as we’ve clearly explained how practical
these skills are and how it can help students, poor or rich, thrive in academics and in the real
world.
Rebuttal 2
Another concern that the opposition poses is that these classes would widen the achievement
gap between the rich and the poor. However, this is actually the opposite of what would happen.
When we teach practical knowledge that is easy and simple to learn, we’re actually equipment
students from poorer backgrounds with the skillset to keep up. If we don’t make these classes a
requirement for public schools, then we’d actually be leaving them behind. While the elite can
afford equip their children with these skills through extra resources, the poor cannot.
Concluding Question
So now, we leave you with a question:
In a world where technology is intertwined with everything, can we afford to send the next
generation forwards with nothing?
 Negative Whip Speech Outline

Background/Status Quo:
Setting up the tagline

Tagline

Summary 1:
Achieving this goal/Aligning with this central idea using points 1 & 2 (flexible)

Summary 2:
Achieving this goal/Aligning with this central idea using point 3 (flexible)

Tagline

Rebuttal:
Shutting down opponent’s points
(an overall summary of why their arguments are flawed is ideal)

Concluding Question:
A rhetorical question similar to the tagline. Often framed in a negative light.
So now, we leave you with a question:

Example Motion & Points

Motion: Schools should be required to have technology education classes.

Affirmative points:
4. Teaches students valuable academic skills
5. Equip students with practical day-to-day life skills
6. Prepare students for their future careers

Negative points:
4. Is counterproductive for schools in poor communities
5. Not practical for low-income students
6. Increases the achievement gap between rich and poor
 Negative Whip Example

Background/Status Quo
Our world has advanced so much in everything thanks to technology. In agriculture, technology
made it easier to grow more food and grow it faster. In transportation, technology made it easier
to get from point A to point B. In communications, technology made it easier to connect with
people from all over the world. However, within all of these advancements, one thing remains
unchanged- inequality. As we advance through changes in our society, hundreds of millions are
left behind. We cannot support a motion that will result in even more people being left behind.
Tagline
It is our responsibility to make sure that as we move forwards, we do so together.
Summary 1
If we are to achieve this, we cannot let this motion pass.
We have to recognize that not every school has the same amount of resources due to the
inequalities of our society. In a well-funded school, resources can be spared to make sure that
these classes teach valuable skills. However, under-funded schools don’t have these resources
to spare. As a result, the students attending these schools will end up getting a subpar
technology education that might not even offer them any valuable skills. Additionally, many of
the kids who attend these schools have to deal with less-than-ideal life circumstances that
prevent them from being able to excel academically. Having a required technology education
class in schools only serves to add another hurdle to their already difficult academic life.
Summary 2
We have to recognize that while this motion sounds good on paper, it’s more likely to do harm in
practice due to the differences in resources. As the well-funded schools from wealthy
neighborhoods prepare their students to get further ahead, the under-funded schools are stuck
spending their funds on counter-productive classes and setting their students up to fall even
further behind.
Tagline
We cannot advance unless we do so together.
Rebuttal (an example of rebutting the main idea as oppose to the points)
Side affirmative argues how these classes are necessary for students to succeed in a
technology-driven world. To this, we agree. However, the benefits of this motion is not being
presented with everyone in mind. We do not agree that a technology education class should be
required. As we explained, this requirement can only cause harm to the poorer schools as it
eats into their resources whilst setting up more hurdles for the students. Forcing a required
class onto schools and its students is not how we prepare the next generation for their future
responsibilities and jobs. Forcing a required class onto schools and its students is how we
prepare some of the next generation for their future.
Concluding Question
So now, we leave you with a question:
If we choose to move forwards with no regards for those who are left behind, can we really call it
an “advancement”?