Skyline Growl

2023 — Idaho Falls, ID/US

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Spontaneous Argument

Event Description:

Spontaneous Argumentation (SPAR)

Students will draw three "spontaneous argument topic". One student will select which of the three topics to debate and the other student will select the side. Students are to be given 1 minute of prep time to prepare their side upon the selection of their topic. This is the only prep time that will be allowed during the debate. Rather than choosing a winner and loser in the debate the judge will rank all competitors against each other at the end of the round (1 being best). If there is an uneven amount of students in your section one student will debate twice, however you will only score their first debate. The format is as follows

1st Affirmative Constructive: 2 minute

1st Negative Constructive: 2 minute

Cross fire (both students ask and answer questions): 1 minute

1st Aff Rebuttal: 1 minute

1st Neg Rebuttal: 1 minute

Aff Final speech: 30 seconds

Neg final speech: 30 seconds

1 minute prep time per speaker