A Well Informed Argument

Relate to the Audience: I understand that everyone has their opinion and that each opinion means something, but just sit back and take in a little more information about this debate.

Without that, I never would have learned about this remarkable passion of mine and my life would have been completely different and most likely would have been much worse without the things I learned from debating. In the end, whether I end up being right and getting that little bit of extra meaningless pride by defeating someone who I’ll never encounter again in an online battle of wits behind a mask of anonymity or being disgracefully wrong and learning as much as I can from my mistakes, debating is one of my favorite activities to partake in and I wouldn’t give it up for the world, although I’d welcome you to try and convince me

Ordinarily, to establish credibility, public speakers should earn the audience's trust and respect by presenting themselves as authorities on the topic that they are speaking. Consequently, the speaker should not rely on the content of their speech to gain credibility with the audience. Self-presentation is important too since the public will start judging the communicator before the speaker begins to communicate verbally. Establish the authority to the public by speaking about the topic by stating the source of where the knowledge: experience, training, or research came into perspective. When speaking to a skeptical audience, begin by finding common ground. Acknowledge the appeal of the opposing views before deciding to create a strong

Throughout this 2016-2017 year in my English 11 class; we have focused on formal debates with informed opinions

When I was debating in high school, I learned how to argue from many different perspectives and how to make a particular argument more effective than another. Although I'm no longer in debate (B.S.U. needs a debate team), I have been so affected by the activity I now believe if I listen intently and discerningly to the arguments for and against a particular position that I can determine which position is the most logical and prudent. It is this arrogant and fatuous tendency which I possess that is whispering in my ear right now. It is telling me to enter the universe of discourse and to use my sapient mind to find the "superior style." Not being one who ignores his impulses, I will obey. I

On Friday, February 26th and Saturday the 27th, South East High School held a debate event for high school students to discuss a topic. 450 students from schools across L.A. county attended this debate tournament. This was the second debate event I have attended and I really enjoyed it, and have never experienced anything like that before. More excited than nervous I came into it ready for the challenge, especially after hearing i was going to judge a debate alone, I took it as a way to learn more. I judged two rounds on the first day of Friday the 26th, arriving at 4:00pm, attended the judge training, which was helpful in explaining the debate format, topic, and scoring. Soon after, we all set off to find our rooms and begin round one!

One of the unique activities in high school around the United States is debate. This extra-curricular activity is the most influential activity one can participate in. Specifically, Lincoln-Douglass and Policy Debate because the amount of research and critical knowledge that is gained is amazing. Debate is an activity focused on preparing students to stand up for what they believe in. The activity requires students to analyze a topic known as a resolution, and then defending, supporting and critiquing that topic.

The Columbia City High School debate team is not especially large; in fact, Mr. Woodhouse struggles to keep more than a few active members. This unfortunate situation, and the intense recruitment efforts it necessitates, have led me to develop a much greater devotion to the team than I had ever felt towards any team before. Mr. Woodhouse, the several other active members, and I work together to other people to discover debate and all that it has to offer. In fact, a community is one of those positive aspects of debate. In addition to the strong bonds within a team, debaters find friends and mentors in other teams as well. While there is certainly a healthy dose of competition and rivalry within the debate circuit, it also fosters cordial, supportive relationships among the participants, coaches, and judges. This reality helped me to realize how similar I am to people who seemed completely different from me, building my sense of and devotion to

This exercise aims at practicing your influential and persuasive skills in a competitive fun debate focusing on communication skills such as choosing positive language, being passionate and enthusiastic about one's case, showing benefits to others and many more.

When I was choosing debate as one of my classes I didn’t know what I was getting

One of my fondest recollections of my highschool years can be summarized with my little wooden mallet. Earned in Modesto in early April of 2015, the little wooden mallet was an award from a Policy Debate tournament for being the 4th best speaker of all 122 competitors. Yet despite its relatively recent introduction into my story, it holds tremendous value to me, as earning it was a long and oftentimes tumultuous road. When I was first introduced to Policy Debate, I fell head over heels in love with the competition, the research, the practice, yet I always felt like a little fish in a big pond. Whenever I watched other competitors, specifically the high tier of the league, never once did any idea that i could compete with them well cross my

The different between informative, explanation, persuasive and critical thinking the both work together to make good claim. Informative stated that you understand the fact you claim. Explanatory statement describes specific statement that show how much you know about the topic are persuading audience to agree. Persuasive statement explains why your point is correct and has a specific point to support your claim. Critical thinking connects of the three statement together because before you persuade someone, you will first of all find out the right statement to use so that you will make a logical

Nobody would never want to debate with me because they knew they were going to lose. I can’t be easily beaten in a debate because I hold a special key composite that most people don’t have, I can talk nonstop. So, you would understand that going into a debate with Encar for the first time I was quite skeptical that Encar could beat me. I carelessly went into the debate going easy and for a moment I thought I could close this debate out easily but I was wrong. Never have I ever had anyone question my belief system as much as Encar did. Every time I would throw something in the debate, she would always ask me why I felt this way and how it would feel if I could look at things in a different perspective. I had never be challenged as much as I am when I debate with Encar. I love it. I love it when she holds her own. She knows exactly how to

This year I took debate and throughout this whole year I learned in many ways how taking debate is beneficial to me, and how it helped me throughout my school year and my later life in general. Such as how to speak clearly, extend my voice and how to pronounce and enunciate clearly so that my voice is vocalized clearly and in a way that is in a way that is very understandable to everyone. Which can be seen on numerous occasions from ballots at the beginning of the year such as “ AST # 1 ” which I learned a lot from as it was my first debate and at this tournament I took congressional debate and what I learned from this is that I have to use my voice because if I didn’t I wouldn’t be able to speak which is what happened to me and at my

Preparing and delivering a successful debate requires a group of people to work together effectively as a team. Team processes and preparation and public speaking skills are both equally important key factors for success in debating as team processes involved in preparation for debate, such as group personality composition that creates cohesion and synergy and group norms that enhance the group’s ability to work together, equip the team to work effectively therefore improving performance however if team members are unable to deliver an argument to an audience with confidence due to communication apprehension, the speaker’s credibility will be lessened therefore the message will be less persuasive and the intended communication goal may