Cannibal Invitational
2020 — NSDA Campus, OR/US
Parli Debate - 6th Grade
Event Description:
2 person team. Teams will be assigned a side (Proposition or Opposition). The judge reveals a common knowledge topic to both teams. For example, Resolved: texting while walking in a crosswalk should be illegal. Then, the teams prepare their cases in 10 minutes using only pen and paper and a dictionary. During the debate, each student speaks and during that speech, the opponent can stand to ask a question after the first 30 seconds but before the last 30 seconds. No questioning or new arguments in the rebuttals. This debate includes a time to set the case, a time to counterargue and a time to rebut and summarize. No prep in round; it’s a running clock. The times are 3-4-4-4-2-3.
*1st Proposition Speaker - Presents the entire Prop case - 3 min
*1st Opposition Speaker - Presents the entire Opp case; counterargues - 4 min
*2nd Proposition Speaker - Counterargues OPP case & extends PROP case - 4 min
*2nd Opposition Speaker - Counterargues PROP case & extends OPP case - 4 min
1st Opposition Speaker - Repairs, counters and summarizes - 3 min
1st Proposition Speaker - Repairs, counters and summarizes - 4 min
*An opponent may stand to question after the first 30 seconds and before the last 30 seconds. The speaker may accept or deny questions; he/she may limit the number of questions asked. The opponent may ask one question and then must sit down before asking another.