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The National Forensic Association (NFA) is an American intercollegiate organization designed to promote excellence in individual events and debate.Founded in 1971, the NFA National Tournament is dedicated to a full range of literature interpretation, public address, limited preparation, and Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Lincoln–Douglas debate (commonly abbreviated as LD Debate, or simply LD) is a type of one-on-one competitive debate practiced mainly in the United States at the high school level. It is sometimes also called values debate because the format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic , ethical values , and philosophy . [ 1 ]
Tournament of Champions is a national high school debate tournament held at the University of Kentucky every year in late April. To qualify, debaters need at least two bids or automatically qualify by placing high enough at last year's Tournament of Champions. [1]
In Lincoln-Douglas debate and Policy debate, The Tournament of Champions has seven preliminary rounds and clears to double-octafinals. [5] All entries who won at least 5 prelim rounds have the opportunity to advance into the outrounds. Congressional Debate and Speech, employs the National Circuits standard way of advancing. Competitors are ...
The National Debate Tournament is an American inter-college debate competition, held annually since 1947. The Rex Copeland award, inaugurated in 1989 for the team with the best performance over the whole season, is presented on the same occasion.
Lincoln-Douglas debaters at the 2014 NSDA National Tournament. In the United States, there are a wide variety of debate formats and leagues to support them. At the high school level, the predominant league is the National Speech and Debate Association, which offers seven debate events and eighteen speaking events. [34]
In 2010, team members qualified for NCFL Grand National Tournament held at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, in Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Public Forum Debate. [citation needed] There a student finished nationally as a quarterfinalist. [2] In 2011, WHS finished in first place in Debate Sweepstakes at BCFL finals.
Public Forum Debate: A clash of two 2-person teams, one pro and one con on a contemporary resolution. National topics change every month. Lincoln-Douglas Debate: A clash of two debaters, one affirmative and one negative, on a values topic. Parliamentary Debate: A clash of two 3-person teams, one for the resolution and one against the resolution ...