This week we will be learning how to "flow" a debate and understanding the concepts of refutation/re ...

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This week we will be learning how to "flow" a debate and understanding the concepts of refutation/rejoinder. Your reply to this week's assignment is due Sunday, May 5th by midnight. There are 3 prompts for you to respond to below. Please follow the detailed instructions below: 1.) Review SLU Chapter 11.ppt on "flowing" a debate. Flowing a debate is critical to keeping up with all the arguments inside a debate. I don't expect you to memorize any or all of the shorthand offered in this PowerPoint, but you do want to get in good practice of learning how to write your opponent's arguments in real time. 2.) Watch the video below "How to flow - By Triumph Debate" (17:06 long). You'll notice the narrator discussing a couple different formats of debate (Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, and Policy for example). This video is still productive for you as a debater even though we are debating IPDA style debate because the same skills still apply. The big takeaway I want you to focus on in this video is writing in shorthand and outline format. The video will also discuss the importance of flowing. You are not expected to memorize the details in this video, but I do want to expose you to the intricacies of flowing in competitive debate.  3.) Prompt A: reply to this discussion post by providing 3 tools the narrator from the video above speaks about on how to effectively flow in a debate round. Your response should be in 3 complete separate sentences. 4.) Review SLU Chapter 10.ppt Actions on refutation and rejoinder. This PowerPoint is very important. You should already have a basic understanding of Toulmin Argumentation.ppt Actions from last week. Chapter 10 explains how to refute an argument in a debate. 5.) Watch the following IPDA debate in full “The United States Federal Government should significantly reform healthcare": 6.) Prompt B: reply to this discussion post by first identifying an argument in the FIRST speaker (the Affirmative), then identify a refutation to that argument by the SECOND speaker (the Negative), and finally identify a rejoinder to the Negative's refutation by the Affirmative speaker. Your response should be in complete sentences and at least a paragraph long. The point of this exercise is to notice how each debater SHOULD respond to their opponent's arguments and NOT ignore them. If you ignore an argument, that argument is counted as "dropped" and now your opponent is winning that particular argument.  7.) Prompt C: Finally, who do you think won this debate and why? Your response should be a minimum of 7 complete sentences and your justification should include using the arguments the debaters used in the round (not arguments you personally know that you think the debaters should have used). I highly recommend flowing the debate above so you don't miss any arguments (use the skills you developed from the flowing video). Flowing will allow you to accurately judge the debate. As you think about who won the debate, consider these things: their use of evidence, persuasion speaking skills, structure/organization of speech, and argumentation/refutation skill. This prompt is meant to show you the back-and-forth nature of a good debate in how the debaters directly RESPOND to one another.