Wellesley Speech

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Wellesley Speech DebateWorkshops

• Parli Basics
• Forming a Case
• Guide to Speeches and Responsibilities
• Leader of Opposition
• Prime Minister
• Members of Gov Opp
• Style Tips

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Leader of the Opposition

• A Wednesday Workshop brought to you by the
  SpeechDebate Society

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The Speeches
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The Constructive

• At the very beginning, state and explain any
  important objections to the case or case
  statement, for example, claims of tightness or
  specific knowledge. Then move onits up to the
  judge to decide on your arguments and you must
  attempt to debate the case!
• If relevant, introduce a counter-case.
• Construct an opposition based on independent
  arguments (these are points that deal with
  subjects that were not brought up by the
  government, but are relevant to the case)
• Deconstruct each case point that the PM brought
  up
• (some credit to apdaweb.org)

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The Rebuttal

• Crystallize the round into clear Opposition
  voting issues. The speech serves to frame the
  debate from the Opposition's point of view. The
  LO should explain each of the reasons why the
  Opposition has won the round and why these
  reasons outweigh the arguments the government has
  made.
• The last opportunity to remind the judge briefly
  of any objections the LO raised about the case or
  the case statement (spec knowledge, tight,
  tautology, etc.)
• Point out holes in the flow- arguments that the
  MG failed to address (ask the judge to count
  these dropped arguments against the Government)
• No new arguments, only new examples
• (some credit to apdaweb.org)

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Basic Opposition Strategies

• When in doubt.
• use the Harvard Cheat Sheet
• Too expensive
• Right place, right ideaWrong time
• Right time, right idea.Wong place
• Infrastructure does not exist
• No need

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Damn, he is hot!
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Those Funky Countercases

• Sometimes, you will be presented with a case
  statement describing a problem or issue that you
  care about (rare, but it does happen). You will
  then probably feel that the Government's case
  sucks, so you can use a Countercase to present
  your own solution to the problem as an
  alternative to the case (must present during the
  LOC).
• You will be arguing against the Governments case
  and for your case, describing how your
  countercase has an advantage that the
  governments case lacks.
• A countercase must be different from the status
  quo (current situation) and mutually exclusive
  to the proposed governments case, i.e.. one
  could not do both cases (sometimes it is
  permissable to have a countercase that is not
  mutually exclusive, but that is argued to be
  superior...this is very tricky though)
• Example case is that a taco bell should be in
  the new student center, countercase is that a kfc
  should be in the new student center the
  countercase will only work if it is the situation
  that only one greasy fast-food place will be
  allowed in the new student center if both could
  be placed in the new student center, they are not
  mutually exclusive cases

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Opp-Choice? Wtf?

• In an Opp-Choice round, the Government will
  present a case and then allow the Opposition to
  choose which side they will argue
• Example Wellesley should or should not have an
  Alcohol Policy that ruins everyones social life
  the Opposition will choose if they wish to argue
  should or should not
• Why would anyone do this?
• It makes everyone look good wow, so smart, she
  can debate both sides of this case!
• You may not really care about which side you want
  to argue, presenting your case as Opp-Choice is a
  way to get someone else to make the decision for
  you
• Its fun!

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Tips and Helpful Hints

• Make sure you ask for points of information to
  clarify the case statement/background
• Have an overall theme or strategy that you can
  use to characterize your opposition throughout
  the round
• End with We beg/are proud to oppose

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Thats all folks!

• For more details, check out the Parli Guide at
  www.apdaweb.org
• Stay tuned for next weeks presentation.an
  overview of the Prime Minister position!
• (10/17/01, 5pm, Schneider)

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