Talk Hawk Invitational

2019 — Livermore, CA/US

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Novice IPDA

Event Description:

IPDA is a one-on-one debate format in which one debater takes the side of the affirmative and the other debater takes the side of the negative. For each round, the two debaters are given five possible resolutions. The negative begins the topic selection by striking one resolution and proceeds in the back-and-forth fashion until one resolution is left. After the topic has been selected, both debaters have thirty minutes to prepare a case. IPDA debates encourages the use of lay judges to adjudicate the round and emphasizes conversational rhetoric. Visit ipdadebate.info to learn more. We hope to offer two divisions for IPDA (Novice/Open). IPDA rules state that a student is no longer a novice if they have competed in any form of debate (NPDA/L-D, college/high school, etc.) for 8 or more tournaments. The speech times are:

· 1st Affirmative – 5 minutes

· Cross Examination – 2 minutes

· 1st Negative – 6 minutes

· Cross Examination – 2 minutes

· Affirmative Rebuttal – 3 minutes

· Negative Rebuttal – 5 minutes

· Affirmative Summary – 3 minutes