This week we will be focusing more on the public speaking/delivery/structure aspect of debate and argumentation. Next week, you’ll be submitting your first video debate speech (but we’ll concern ourselves with that next week)! This week’s assignment is due Sunday, May 12th by midnight. The instructions for this week’s assignment are below:
1.) Watch this Ted Talk by Julian Treasure “How to speak so people want to listen”:
2.) Prompt A: Respond to the following question using complete sentences. Your total response should be at least 7 sentences. Question: What elements of Julian Treasure’s presentation do you think are most important for persuading an audience? Why?
3.) Watch this Ted Talk by Bryan Stevenson “We need to talk about an injustice”:
4.) Prompt B: Respond to the following question using complete sentences. Your total response should be at least 7 sentences. Question: Using the speaking elements from the Julian Treasure presentation in Prompt A, apply these elements to Bryan Stevenson’s presentation. What makes Bryan Stevenson’s presentation a successful approach to persuasive speaking? Why?
5.) Prompt C: Using the IPDA Aff Debate Case
template, type out your own affirmative debate case on the following topic: “Social media causes more harm than good.” Please use the IPDA Aff Debate Case
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as a template for your response and then attach your affirmative debate case to your reply to this discussion board. Remember you are affirmative, so you agree with the topic as it is stated. This will be good preparation for when you are affirmative next week on the same topic but you will be turning your debate case into a spoken speech on video. The video portion won’t be due until next week though, just work on outlining your affirmative debate case using IPDA Aff Debate Case
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template using the above instructions.
IPDA Affirmative Debate Case
Observation 1: Resolution Analysis
A. Definitions: Define important words here from a dictionary or other authoritative text.
B. Burdens: In one or two sentences type what you need to prove to win and what your opponent
needs to prove to win.
C. Criteria: Type a concept here so we know we know which arguments matter for the debate. For
example, if you say the criteria for the debate is “education” then only arguments concerning
education matter for the debate. The criteria should be fair to the Negative and substantive for
the debate.
Observation 2: Contentions (You should have at least 2 Contentions!)
Contention 1 (Give each Contention a title!)
A. Claim: In one or two sentences state what you are arguing in a simple and straightforward way.
B. Data: In four to seven sentences cite and explain your evidence. For example, if you find some
evidence from the New York Times, this is where you would cite and explain what that article is
saying in your own words.
C. Warrant: In three to five sentences explain why your evidence supports your claim and why this
Contention supports your Criteria for the debate.
Contention 2 (Do the same thing all over again making a different argument for Contention 2 using the
same structure as Contention 1 with A. Claim B. Data C Warrant)

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