1. Dustin Hurley Medina Valley HS
Basics of LD Debate
Dustin Hurley
Medina Valley HS

2. Policy VS Philosophy Basics of LD
LD Allows debaters to explore the moral and societal implications of actions

3. Basics of LD
LD is value centered debate, meaning that both debaters will choose universally valuable topics to consider as the core of the case
The value is the ultimate goal of the round.

4. Basics of LD
Burdens
Both sides will have seperate burdens in the debate. The AFF has the burden to prove the resolution true, the NEG has the burden of clash.

5. Basics of LD LD Round Structure 6- Aff Constructive; Read the aff case
3- Neg Cross Examination; Cross examine the affirmative debater
7- Neg Constructive; Read the neg case, and offer attacks against the affirmative
3- Aff Cross Examination; Cross examine the negative debater
4- 1st Aff Rebuttal; defend the affirmative case, offer attacks against the negative
6- Negative Rebuttal; Extend attacks, defend the negative, offer voters
3- 2nd Aff Rebuttal; Defend affirmative, offer voters

6. Basics of LD Case Construction
Value- Something that is universally valuable, or holds inherent value
EX. Life, Freedom, Quality of Life, Liberty Etc.
Criterion- The method for achieving the value, or lens through which we are viewing the debate round, tends to be philosophical theory based
Ex. Social Contract, Utilitarianism Etc.

7. Claim- What you are trying to prove true
Basics of LD
Case Construction
Contentions- Support the claims you make in the Value Criterion Framework
Claim- What you are trying to prove true
Warrant- The proof of your claim, can be empirical, evidence, or logic based
Impact- Why this claim matters to us, can impact the round, or make impact outside the round. Ideally the impact ties back into the Value Criterion Framework

8. Basics of LD Argumentation
Framework level argumentation; argumentation against the Value and the Criterion
Contention level argumentation; argumentation against the contentions and their impacts
Overview- argumentation against the thesis of a case
Turns- argumentation attempting to turn an impact against the side that presented it.

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Basics of LD
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10. Basics of LD Dustin Hurley Medina Valley HS Castroville, TX
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