Debate Rules + Exam Review Sheet

Semester Exam Review Sheet here.

Debate Wednesday:
Rules:

1. Absence on debate day = maximum C- (70/100)
2. Print your speech (be smart and print it in larger font to help you keep eye contact).
3. See below for your room number.
4. See below room numbers for rhetoric requirements.

B1: 
IN ROOM 321:
Commies A:
Riki
Kevin
Natalie
Han Joon

Cappies A:
1. Sung Won
2. Jongha
3. Cillian
4. Joseph

IN ROOM 301
Commies B:
1. Sarah
2. Hillary
3. Angela
4. Lena

Cappies B:
1. Nia
2. Marianna
3. Lakshmi
4. Susan

B2:
Room 321:
Commies A:
1. Caitlin
2. Megan
3. Vanessa
4. Jonathan C

Cappies A:
1. Zach
2. Garret
3. Alex
4. Summitt

Room 301:
Commies B:
1. Jonathan L.
2. Lars
3. Hansen
4. Michael

Cappies B:
1. Eric
2. Joy
3. Chente
4. Chris
5. Will

Debate Rhetoric Requirements: I want you to use 2 of the following 3 "tricks" of persuasive speaking (failure to do so results in loss of 1/2 a grade):

1. Reductio ad Absurdum (Latin for "reduce to absurdity"): Again, the example we used in class was the argument that Leonardo's sketches of submarines and helicopters were examples of European "technology."

To reduce that argument to absurdity, argue it like you believe it at first, but then steer it to a conclusion that shows how silly ("absurd") the agrument is. Example:

Leonardo's submarine was such impressive technology that you could tear the drawing from his journal and drown as you tried to drive it underwater; similarly, his helicopter was so impressive you could tear that drawing out, hold it over your head as you jump off a cliff, and plunge to your death under it. Great technology, those drawings. But only if Europe could actually make them--which it couldn't. We're talking technology here, not fantasy.

2. Analogy: Comparing two dissimilar things to draw out the difference. Example:

    A Ming ship was a Lexus. A European ship was a wheelbarrow.

Much more memorable than the boring, straight, and literal "China's shipbuilding was superior to Europe's."

3. Irony: Saying the opposite of what you mean. Example:

If you want an example of a supremely tolerant religion, look no further than Christian Europe. The Christians were more tolerant of non-Christian beliefs than all other religions combined.

The overwhelming historical evidence, from Crusades to crimes of heresy, shows the opposite is true. The audience gets the joke. And the audience likes you more for saying "Christian Europe was intolerant of other religions" in a more clever way. Irony is great.