Writing in a other class

Honors English Seminar.

1.
(1)Why is debate necessary?
Because it is good way to find out the essence of a thing from many different angles and the most appropriate solution or the answer to the matter.

(2)Basic format of cross-examination debate.
1)First Affirmative construction speech. 2)Negative cross-examination. 3)First Negative constructive.4)Affirmative cross-examination. 5)Second Affirmative constructive. 6)Negative cross-examination. 7)Second Negative constructive. 8)Affirmative cross-examination 9)First negative rebuttal 10)First Affirmative rebuttal. 11) Second Negative rebuttal 12)Second Affirmative rebuttal.

(3)What is constructive speech?
Affirmative
1) Finding the problems of the present system 2) Presenting a “plan” to solve the problems. 3) Providing information that the plan will work. 4) Showing the benefits of the plan.
Negative
1) Explaining that the present system doesn’t have any problems or even if any, they are miner. 2) Explaining that the plan of the affirmative will not solve the problems. 3) Explaining the disadvantages or bad points the plan will bring about.

(4)What is rebuttal speech?
This is a turn to attack the shortcomings of the opponent’s argument. No new argument may be presented at this stage of debate. Rebuttal has to be limited to the area of argument already presented before.

(5)What is cross-examination?
This is questions and answers time. Do not state your opinions. Simply ask questions. Ask questions about the soundness of the opponent’s argument. For example, the appropriateness of their evidence and reasoning.


2. Write your own constructive speech on the topic we debated in the crass.

Proposition of policy
Resolved: That the voting age must be lowered from 20 to 18 years old.
I was in Affirmative side. I will write about Affirmative constructive speech.

Affirmative
1. Find the problems of the present voting age.
In these days many young people are not interested in political affairs. 18 and 19 years old people cannot vote and affect political affairs even though they are already working and involved in a society.

2. Find the answers how serious those problems are.
If this situation is continuing, young people who don’t think seriously about political affairs are increasing. That will be reflected in an election and the government won’t be able to take nation’s opinions good enough.

3. Find the answers that those problems cannot be solved without changing the status quo.
I didn’t make the constructive speech about this topic.

4. Find a plan to solve the problem.
Making the voting age is lowered from 20 to 18 years old.

5. Find advantage of the plan.
If the plan that 18 and 19 years old can vote is accepted, the government is able to get more attention to political affairs from young people and listen more opinions of nation. If the government can listen more nations’ opinions, it is going to be easy to reflect them to the society more perfectly.

6. Find the evidences and reasonings for the plan to be workable.
Many countries are already adopting the plan. There are records that proof good influence of the plan to political affairs. We can guess what happen if the government accepts the plan from the records.
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