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A priori
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Without appeal to experience
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Advocacy
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The position that the affirmative or negative defends
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Advocacy Shift
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Debater alternating his position form the constructive in a rebutal
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Affirmative
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The side of the debate that defends the resolution
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Agent of action
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The power indicated or inferred by the resolution to carry out resolution to carry out resolution action
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A2
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Short for answers to
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Awards ceremony
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An assembly where students are recognized for their performance
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Ballott
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The written record of the decision in a round
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Big picture
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A rebuttal strategy that approaches the round from the major ideas and emphasizes a thematic view of each position
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Block
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Multiple prepared responses to an argument
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Blow up
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Making a big deal out of an argument by spending a lot of time on it
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Bracket
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The group of debaters with the same preliminary round record
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Break
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To become eligible for elimination rounds
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Brief
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A prepared argument with evidence and arguments already structured on a page
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Bubble round
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The round that determines wheter a debater will advance to elimination debates
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