Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz

When a debater brings up a new point in the second rebuttal, to which the other debater does not have time for nor is obligated to respond

When a debater does not address or respond to a subpoint or argument. In other words, they didn’t refute it, so they implicitly agree with it.

Superfluous, unnecessary, or otherwise performed or observed beyond the required or expected degree

A reason why an assertion is true

Explains the importance of the warranted claim

A piece of evidence, usually a quote from an expert, that proves a point

A harm or benefit that can happen on either side and is therefore a wash

Nullification of harms/benefits, as when they’re equal on both sides, so they can cancel out

A connection between the impacted claim and value

A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference

Instead of crystallizing at the bottom of the second rebuttal, some debaters choose to argue down the flow and then make certain points voting issues

When a point does not pertain to the resolution. Can also mean something that goes beyond the duty or burden one side has to prove