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Phrases — Getting your #1 point across

19Feb

February 19, 2016 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

Credit for the idea of this phrase goes to Samuel Sefzik. It’s easy for your audience to get overwhelmed in a debate speech. There are a lot of points and plenty of logic floating around in any given debate round. Getting your audience to remember and care about all of your points is usually impossible (unless […]

Phrases — Outweighing their arguments

17Dec

December 17, 2015 by PotentSpeaking 2 Comments

Sometimes, arguments in a debate round are like fireworks on the fourth of July. Everyone’s lighting off their little bottle rockets, roman candles, and maybe even some small mortars. None of these fireworks are really memorable, they only become memorable if they hit someone or if something important happens around one. But sometimes there’s an […]

Phrases — Setting standards

12Nov

November 12, 2015 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

An ideal situation in debate is when the judge looks to you for a standard by which to rank the other team. If you can establish a line for the judge to choose who won, and set it so that you’re the clear winner, the round is in your hands. This post will teach you […]

Phrases — Common misunderstanding

29Oct

October 29, 2015 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

When you’ve been running your affirmative case for a while, you have a pretty good mastery of all the possible arguments that may be run against your case. (Although you may be occasionally surprised by the… creative… arguments people come up with from time to time). There are some arguments, however, that always seem to […]

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