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Judging
LD Debate Step 1:
LD Debate Description Let’s
start by getting a basic understanding of LD debate. What
is LD Debate? LD
debate involves --two
teams, each team having one person --one team, the affirmative, supports a topic (the
resolution) usually advocating making a value judgment (i.e. something is
good/bad, just/unjust, etc.). --the
other team, the negative, rejects the affirmative case What
Topic are they debating? HS
National LD Topic: NFL HS LD Topic HS
Texas UIL LD Topic: Texas UIL
LD Topic What
are the times for the debates? ·
6 minute
affirmative constructive speech ·
3 minutes
negative cross-examines the affirmative ·
7 minute
negative constructive speech ·
3 minutes
affirmative cross-examines the negative ·
4 minute
affirmative rebuttal ·
6 minute
negative rebuttal ·
3 minute
affirmative rebuttal ·
Between
speeches, 3 to 6 minutes of preparation time (for the whole debate) for each
team. Judges
usually give hand signals or out loud signals to indicate how much time
remains during each speech. Usually, debaters also time themselves. Make
sure they don’t talk faster than you want . . . Some
LD debaters talk _very_ quickly. If you are a less experienced judge or you
just want the debaters to speak at a slower rate—TELL THEM VERY CLEARLY AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE DEBATE: “I’m a judge who wants you to speak at a
conversational rate of speed—don’t talk fast; I won’t follow it.” “I’m
a judge with experience but I prefer that you speak no more than 75% of
national circuit fast rate of speaking.” Go to Step 2: Giving Feedback to the Debaters Xx readers, ignore this—it is for jim What arguments will they make? Xx oh my stars . . . |
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