How To Become A Good Debater: Team - Rhythm Anamika Bhattaacharya Chethan Sharma Nishanth Prof-Anala Padmanabha
How To Become A Good Debater: Team - Rhythm Anamika Bhattaacharya Chethan Sharma Nishanth Prof-Anala Padmanabha
How To Become A Good Debater: Team - Rhythm Anamika Bhattaacharya Chethan Sharma Nishanth Prof-Anala Padmanabha
GOOD DEBATER
TEAM – RHYTHM
ANAMIKA BHATTAACHARYA
CHETHAN SHARMA
NISHANTH
claim
Reason
Evidence
impact
Example:
Resolution: attending academies is good for children
Claim: children enjoy learning at academies
Reason: academies have a positive effect on their
education
Evidence: a study from nitte national university in 2020
said that 69% of children were satisfied with their
private school classes additionally 73.9% of children also
thought that academies had a positive effect on their
public school grades and abilities
Impact: my argument is…..this means that academies are
not only helpful for students to prepare for their future
but also is fun for them to be in.
rebuttal
• Response to the
opposing
argument’s
• Logical , well
expressed and
passionate the
attack
Construction of rebuttal
Using the signposting state the opposing argument or
fact
Explain why it is incorrect
Link this it to your argument
Example: the opposing team has stated a number of
inaccurate details firstly , the first affirmative speaker
started that nuclear power is dangerous and stipulated
statistics about its dangers.
However , they did not include the source of their
information. In fact, our research has identified that
nuclear power is extremely safe. Research from the
university of nitte found that nuclear power is 80% safer
than coal mines.
what to do:
Prepare rebuttals, including evidence
Make your rebuttal meaningful
Work as team when writing rebuttals
What not to do:
1. Don’t concede
2. Don’t be overly ambitious
3. Don’t drop or ignore important arguments
4. Don’t spend too much time on your opponent’s
arguments
5. Don’t give another constructive
QUALITIES EVERY GOOD DEBATER NEEDS TO
HAVE
FOCUSED AND STEADY
GOOD LISTENER
HAVE AN OUTLINE READY
RESPOND WELL
HOW TO BE A GREAT DEBATER USING YOUR
VOICE
Your speech must be clear and concise;
Talk quite fast to deliver all of your arguments but
quite slow to be understood by the audience;
Always project the voice to the room’s back;
Use dramatic pauses;
Don’t forget to vary tone and emphasize words or
phrases you find important
Things to avoid
Making up and falsifying evidence;
Disagreeing with decision of the judges;
Attacking the speaker, not the idea;
Being aggressive or offensive;
Interrupting opponents and judges. In such a way you
will not only show that you don’t know how to be a
good debater but also that your arguments are not
strong enough;
Disagreeing with commonly known facts.
By constantly working on your speech and debating
skills you will notice a lot of benefits in along run: