Advanced Debate Skills Worksheet
A Grade 12 ELA worksheet focusing on advanced debate skills, including argumentation, rhetoric, and refutation strategies.
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Advanced Debate Skills
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This worksheet assesses your understanding of advanced debate skills. Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful, well-supported answers.
1. Explain the difference between ethos, pathos, and logos, and provide an example of how each can be effectively used in a debate.
2. A strong argument typically follows the structure of Claim, , and Warrant. The claim is the main point, the data provides , and the warrant explains the between the data and the claim.
3. Ad hominem attacks are considered an effective and ethical refutation strategy in formal debate.
True
False
4. Which of the following is an example of a 'straw man' fallacy?
Arguing that a policy is bad because its proponents are untrustworthy.
Misrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.
Assuming that because two events occurred together, one caused the other.
Presenting only two options when more actually exist.
5. Consider the debate topic: 'Resolved: Social media has a net negative impact on society.' Briefly outline three main points you would use to argue the affirmative side, and three main points for the negative side. For each point, provide a brief rationale.
Affirmative Arguments:
Negative Arguments:
Match each debate term on the left with its definition on the right.
6. Rebuttal
a. The act of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false.
7. Affirmative
b. The side in a debate that supports the resolution.
8. Negative
c. The side in a debate that opposes the resolution.
9. Proposition
d. The statement or resolution being debated.