Policy debate case

•I Provide thank you’s

•II.  Provide a Resolutional Analysis.(optional)

•Say the precise wording of the topic so your judge knows exactly what is being debated. Explain what the resolution is asking – most require that you choose between two values (ex. “Resolved: Individuality should be valued above community”), other topics have implied values which require a little more explanation.

•III.  Offer Definitions. 

•Clearly define the vital words/phrases in the resolution and cite the dictionary or encyclopedia you used. Make sure the definitions you choose support what you are arguing – definitions matter – sometimes they decide who wins and loses the debate!

•IV.  Offer a Criterion.

•You should present a criterion (a standard) which should be used to:.

•Measure whether a given side or argument protects, respects, maximizes, or achieves the greatest good.

•V.  State harms(present 3-5 of these)

•Sate problem that are happing in status quo that are happening, because the proposed plan is not in affect

•  A. Link: How does the harm relate to the topic

•  B.Brink: what is causing the harm to be a problem, or why it is a problem

•  C. Impacts: what bad things are happening because plan is not being pasted

•The flour to the cake

•Taste bad alone

•sets up the case

•I VI.  Present a Plan  

•  A. Provide a “solution to the problem

•  B. Plan must have

•  1.Time line: when and for how long will plan be initiated

•  2. Agent of action: Who will carry out the plan

•  3.Agent of enforcement: Who will make sure the plane is enforced

•  4.Funding: Who will pay for the plan  or, where will funding come from

•The eggs

•Binding element

•VII.  State Solvency  (present 1 of each harm, or lump together harms )

•  How will plan solve all of the harms

•  Just reuse taglines from harms and just briefly sate, how plan solves the harms

•The sugar

•Makes things sweet and worth eating

•VIII.  Present Advantages (optional) 

•Explain why doing plan you get extra added benefits to the case

•Structure just like harms, (but everything is positive now)

•(brink in advantages is optional) 

•IX.  End the Speech with a Solid Conclusion.

•Review the main points of the case,. Ask for the win (ex. “For all these reasons I can see nothing but an affirmative or negative  ballot”).

•The icing on  cake

•It is not needed

•Makes thing even better though