Policy Debate
The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States
Arms Sales Free Camp Files -- Emory available
Arms Sales Topic Files
Textbook
Novice Policy Textbook
- Introduction
- The basic structure of policy debate
- Debating Disadvantages
- Debating Counterplans
- Debating Kritiks
- Debating Topicality
- Prep Time Management
- The First Affirmative Constructive (1AC)
- The First Negative Constructive (1NC)
- The Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC)
- The Second Negative Constructive (2NC) and the First Negative Rebuttal (1NC) — The Negative Block
- The 1AR
- The 2NR
- The 2AR
- Cross-examination
- Flowing
- Policy Debate Terminology
Intermediate Policy Text
Disadvantages
Straight-turning Disadvantages
Using Disadvantages to Win the Debate
Kicking Disadvantages
Counterplans
Types of Counterplans
Counterplan Theory
Kritiks
Debating Kritiks in the 1AR
Performance Kritiks
Kritiks as Affirmative Arguments
Topicality