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Table of Contents Assistant Coach: Advanced LD Textbook |
INTRODUCTION: TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN LD DEBATE 5
CHAPTER 1: PREPARING FOR A TOURNAMENT 6
BE PREPARED 6
CUTTING CARDS AND UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS 7
SCOUTING 7
SECOND LINE ANALYSIS 9
PRACTICE ROUNDS AND DRILLS 10
BRINGING THE RIGHT STUFF 11
CHECKLIST 12
CONCLUSION 13
TOPICS OF VALUE 14
THE STATEMENT OF A TOPIC 15
THESIS AND BURDENS 16
DEFINITIONS 16
THE TYPICAL USAGE OF PHILOSOPHY 20
HOW TO USE PHILOSOPHY 21
MOST COMMON PHILOSOPHIES USED 24
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT 24
UTILITARIANISM 26
KANT AND THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE 28
CONCLUSION 29
SO, WHAT IS A VALUE? 31
CHOOSING YOUR VALUE 32
DEFENDING AND UPHOLDING VALUES 33
WAYS TO DEFEND A VALUE 34
TYPES OF VALUES AND THE VALUE HIERARCHY 36
ARGUMENTS ABOUT VALUES 37
PLACEMENT OF VALUES 38
CONCLUSION 38
DEFINITION OF CRITERIA 41
USE OF THE CRITERIA 44
PLACEMENT OF CRITERIA WITHIN A CASE 46
MISTAKES TO AVOID AND TO PUNISH 46
CONCLUSION 47
BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND 49
FOOD 50
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE TOURNAMENT 51
BEFORE THE ROUND 52
AFTER THE FIRST ROUND 53
BEYOND THE FIRST DAY 55
CONCLUSION 55
OVERVIEW OF AFFIRMATIVE STRATEGY 57
PREPARING YOUR AFF STRATEGY THROUGH RESEARCH &
DRILLS 58
THEORETICAL ISSUES: CASE CONSTRUCTION AND STRUCTURE 60
TYPES OF AFFIRMATIVE CASE 60
HOW TO STRATEGICALLY CONSTRUCT CASES 62
PRE-EMPTIVE ARGUMENTS: MAXIMIZE YOUR TIME 63
USE NO EVIDENCE FOR REBUTTAL 65
USING THE VALUE AND VOTING ISSUES STRATEGICALLY 66
CONCLUSION 67
ELEMENTS OF NEGATIVE STRATEGY 68
TYPES OF NEGATIVE CASE 69
JUDGE ADAPTATION WITH EACH TYPE OF NEGATIVE CASE 72
THE NEGATIVE AND THE SPREAD 73
CASE REFUTATION TRICKS 73
OTHER STRATEGIC CHOICES TO CONSIDER 74
CONCLUSION 75
GENERAL PRINCIPLES 76
TIME ALLOCATION: THE ESSENCE OF REBUTTAL 77
COMPARING ARGUMENTS -- KEY TO SUCCESS 78
COMMON ERRORS TO AVOID 79
THE 1AC: ALWAYS BE PREPARED 80
THE 1AR: ANSWERING SEVEN MINUTES IN FOUR MINUTES 81
WHAT THE IDEAL 1AR LOOKS LIKE 84
THE 2AR: NAILING THE ROUND DOWN 85
WHAT THE IDEAL 2AR LOOKS LIKE 86
CONSTRUCTING SOME DESTRUCTION: THE 1NC 88
TIME ALLOCATION IS KEY 88
HAVE YOUR CASE WELL-PREPARED AND TIMED 89
SPEND LOTS OF TIME REFUTING CASE 90
WATCH FOR WEASELY AFFIRMATIVE TRICKS 90
DO NOT FORGET PERSUASION 91
WHAT THE IDEAL 1NC LOOKS LIKE 91
THE 1NR: SLAMMING THE DOOR 92
WHAT THE IDEAL 1NR LOOKS LIKE 94
CONCLUSION 95
HISTORY AND ROOTS OF KRITIK ARGUMENTS 97
SOME BACKGROUND: THE PAST AS PROLOGUE 99
TYPES OF CRITIQUES 100
HOW DO I ARGUE A CRITIQUE? 102
USING CRITIQUES ON THE AFFIRMATIVE 104
CRITIQUES OF USE ON MANY TOPICS 105
CONCLUSION 106
TAKE IT EASY 107
INTERPRETING YOUR BALLOTS AND HEARING YOURSELF 109
TRY, TRY, TRY TO LET IT RIDE 109
THE TYPE OF JUDGE (OR, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?) 110
THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY 111
GETTING' BETTER ALL THE TIME 113
CONCLUSION 117