Defense (policy debate)
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| Part of the series Policy Debate | |
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| Organization | |
| Policy debate competitions Inter-Collegiate policy debate | |
| Format | |
| Structure of policy debate · Resolution Constructive · Rebuttal · Prep Time Evidence · Flow | |
| Participants | |
| Affirmative · Negative · Judge | |
| Types of Arguments | |
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Stock Issues · Disadvantage Counterplan · Kritik Impact calculus · Topicality | |
| Argumentative Concepts | |
| Offense · Defense · Turn · Drop | |
For example, "A will not cause B" is a defensive argument, while "A will cause B" is an offensive argument.
Defensive arguments may often be conceded to "kick out" of positions. For example, a team wishing to kick out of their politics disadvantage could concede the argument "Fiat takes out the link." Although this argument is frowned upon by the community, the fact that it is conceded gives it 100% percent weight in the round and thus takes out any offence the other team may have on that flow. For example, an impact turn on a disad with no internal link becomes irrelevant.
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