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Worlds Style Briefing
Prepared by Jason Hong, David Miko and the University of Calgary Debate Society

2. Tournament Notes 3 Rounds – Straight Draw
Worlds Style (3 debaters per team)

3. So you want to do Worlds style?
This Brief Presentation Will Cover Five Talking Points That Will Train You To Be Great Judges
Style of Debate
Role Of Each Team
Role of Each Debater
Your Role as a Judge
Turning Point Factors
Prepared by the CA Panel of the 2008 CSDF National Seminar

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Style of The Debate

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Worlds Style

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The Order of The Debate
Understanding the proceedings of the debate is key to understanding how to judge the debate. The basic structure of all debates remains consistent, and is very simple.
First Proposition
First Opposition
Second Proposition
Second Opposition
Third Proposition
Third Opposition
Proposition Reply
Opposition Reply

7. A Bit About Worlds Style
Style Intended to adopt an international flavor
All Resolutions can apply to one of three scopes
Entire World
Western Liberal Democracies
Developing Nations
Debaters should be rewarded for bringing this debate to the global level, taking it beyond Canada

8. A Bit about Worlds Style
Speech Length
8 minute constructive
4 minute reply
Differing Roles
Speeches are all eight minute for the first six of them, followed by 4 minutes for the replies, resulting in 56 minute rounds. 30 seconds grace, or extra time, is also alotted
Each speaker has a distinct roles that they fulfill as a component of their scores

9. The Room
You.
You.
You.

10. Procedure
When you get to the room, there should (eventually) be an odd number of judges, and an even number of debaters (six).
If the room isn’t set up, please set it up!

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Role of Each Team

12. Proposition Proposes a motion Defines the terms of the motion
“This House would suspend direct foreign aid”
Gives Reasons to pass the motion
In Worlds Style, whoever proposes the most compelling case wins the debate
Burden is most equally distributed in comparison to other styles of debate

13. Opposition Opposes the Motion If Necessary counters definitions
This should only occur if the definitions are clearly wrong
Gives Reasons against passing the motion
Possibility of Giving a “Counter-Case”
In Worlds Style the concept of “reasonable doubt” does not apply. It is not sufficient for the opposition to destroy the prop case.
Counter-Case - Explain
The Opposition must push the ball forward

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Role of Each Debater

15. First Proposition Clearly States the Definitions
“All Direct Foreign aid given between countries should cease”
“It would be a good thing if Foreign Aid stopped”
Opens the Proposition Case which will establish either:
Needs to Change
Benefits to Changing
Definitions don’t have to be term by term, they can be holistic.
Something Like…
Needs/Benefits, or a combination of Both

16. First Opposition
Starts to deconstruct the proposition case through a series of clash
Realistically can not clash with everything; First opposition should be rewarded for addressing the big ideas of the props case without giving away more than two minutes of his time to clash
Presents a Case that opposes the concept of suspending direct foreign aid
Philosophically
Pragmatically
Clash – Key to any debate, and will make or break a debater, because clash is how they manage to engage the topic
Establish a balance of concerns that shifts the debate in their favor

17. Second Proposition Opens the line of Clash for the proposition
Like 1st opp needs to keep time for constructive; 3 minutes of clash is ideal
Rebuilding any of the proposition arguments that are faltering
Offers the final arguments to be presented from the proposition

18. Second Opposition
Continues the Clash of the opposition (4 minutes ideal)
Evolves the clash
Rebuilds Opposition arguments
Completes the Opposition case

19. Third Speakers Has no role in presenting new constructive arguments
Presents and clashes with all of the material on the opposition, and frames it against all of the arguments on the proposition
Clashes with everything
Brings up all arguments on both sides of the debate

20. Third Speakers - Structure
Machine Gun Style
Thematic Style
Three Questions
Three Themes
Three Concepts
Three “Areas of Clash”

21. Reply Speeches
REPLY SPEAKERS MUST BE INDICATED BEFORE THE ROUND STARTS
Summarize the entirety of the debate
Asks Questions which try to uncover deeper meaning
Presents no new material
Presents minimum examples
Does not really debate
Presents a Homily
Homily – Tone Shift

22. Points of Information Used to ask questions in the middle of speeches
Pertinent
Should illustrate a flaw in the other teams arguments, or reposition one of their own arguments
Short, and Clear

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Judging Criteria

24. Speaker Points
Your Primary Function as a Judge in this tournament is to award speaker points to each individual debater
Average is therefore 72
In Context, at Worlds, the averages for the highest ranking speakers of the tournament typically floated around 75 for the past four years
Needs Improvement
Did Well
Exceeded Standards
Exceptionally well, 76 It means you thought they were the best speaker of the tournament, will need to justify to a CA

25. Speaker Points Manner Matter Strategy
How the debater delivered his address
Persuasiveness
Style
Matter
What the debater brought to the round
Content
Analysis
Strategy
How the debater used content, structured arguments, and used Points of Information
Manner

26. Please refer to the backside of your ballot
Scoring
Please refer to the backside of your ballot
Minimum Score : 67
Average Score : 70
Maximum Score : 73
67 – Poor
68 – Work Needed
69 – Satisfactory
70 – Average
71 – Good
72 – Excellent
73 – Exceptional
Matter 27-29
The content of the debate including: argumentation, examples, logic, clash and reasoning. 28 Average
Manner 27-29
How the debater presented the speech – the verbal and non verbal communication that made the speech effective or not effective.
28 Average
Strategy 13-15
Use of the style, points of information, structure of speeches including time, strategic placements of clash and arguments. 14 Average
Totals have to match rankings.
It’s helpful to start with either the top or bottom speaker, place them relative to average, and work down or up from there, respectively.
The reason the range is restricted is due to the fact that we’re using human individuals to judge and each one has their own take on what scores are deserved – by restricting the range we protect the debaters from the extremes of that subjectivity.

27. The Choice
Depends on the balance that occurs at the end of the debate.
In Worlds Style, it is determined by adding up the speaker points of each speech
The Winning Team Must Have the Most Points
Unlike other styles, there is no opportunity for “low point wins”
So the choice should be pretty intuitive
If the choice you end up with seems wrong, review the points you have awarded.