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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

Dr. Seth Halvorson & Cherian Koshy

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

Dr. Seth Halvorson & Cherian Koshy

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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

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Contents

About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv About This Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Unit 1: Introduction to LD Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01 Unit 2: How do I write a case? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09 Unit 3: During the debate round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Unit 4: Refutation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Unit 5: Rebuttal Speeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Unit 6: Go with the flow: taking notes and tracking arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Unit 7: Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Unit 8: Sample Affirmative Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Unit 9: Sample Negative Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Unit 10: The Debate Round: A Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Unit 11: Practice suggestions and drills for debaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 APPENDIX A: Glossary of commonly used debate terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 APPENDIX B: Common flowing abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 APPENDIX C: Case writing exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 APPENDIX D: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

DR. SETH HALVORSON Ph.D., Columbia University (NY)

CHERIAN KOSHY, National Speech & Debate Association; formerly of Apple Valley HS (MN)

Dr. Halvorson and Mr. Koshy both debated for Apple Valley High School in Minnesota during the 1990s and were the two Minnesota State Champions from Apple Valley during that decade. Over the course of the last 15 years, both Dr. Halvorson and Mr. Koshy have spent summers traveling the country, teaching students about Lincoln-Douglas debate. Each summer, they work with hundreds of students who are interested in developing their skills and learning about LD debate. They also coach teams throughout the year, and the students they have coached have been immensely successful on the local, state, regional, and national levels, including impressive finishes at the Tournament of Champions and National Speech & Debate Tournament. Over the course of the last 15 years, they have taught thousands of students how to debate, including many current coaches and judges in the activity. In 2006, after spending several summers together, they designed a series of instructional materials they believe will be useful for students, coaches, parents, and judges new to the activity of competitive debate. In 2008, the second edition of the text was published including updated material and information.

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