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  2. Topicality (policy debate) - Wikipedia

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    Topicality is a resolution issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded. [1] To contest the topicality of the affirmative, the negative interprets a word or words in the resolution and argues that the affirmative does not meet that definition, that the interpretation is preferable, and that non-topicality should be a voting issue.

  3. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    Topicality is a stock issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded. [19] To contest the topicality of the affirmative , the negative interprets a word or words in the resolution and argues that the affirmative does not meet that definition, that the interpretation is preferable, and that non ...

  4. Policy debate - Wikipedia

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    Policy debate is an American form of debate competition in which teams of two usually advocate for and against a ... When topicality is run when the aff is clearly ...

  5. Stock issues - Wikipedia

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    Typicality is often used as an argument by either side to avoid clash on Topicality. The debate world's pet term for atypical plans is squirrelly: squirrelly cases, squirrelly arguments, squirrelly variety of policy debate. Specificity: Is the resolution and the Affirmative case correctly, neatly, or clearly specifying what is to be debated?

  6. Impact calculus - Wikipedia

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    Topicality; Policy debate: In policy and public forum debates, impact calculus, also known as weighing impacts, is a type of argumentation which seeks to compare the ...

  7. Structure of policy debate - Wikipedia

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    In addition to speeches, policy debates may allow for a certain amount of preparation time, or "prep time", during a debate round. NSDA rules call for five minutes of total prep time that can be used, although in practice high school debate tournaments often give eight minutes of prep time. College debates typically have 10 minutes of ...

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  9. Disadvantage - Wikipedia

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    Topicality; Policy debate: In policy debate, a disadvantage (here abbreviated as DA) is an argument that a team brings up against a policy action that is being ...