Congressional Debate Guides

<aside> <img src="/icons/star-outline_red.svg" alt="/icons/star-outline_red.svg" width="40px" /> These guides were written by the Equality in Forensics contributor team to explain Congressional Debate in detail.

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>THE BASICS

1. What is Congress?

2. How a Round Works

3. The Presiding Officer

4. Legislation

5. The World of Congress

6. The National Circuit

>INTRODUCTORY GUIDES

7. Intro to Congress

8. Basic Argumentation

9. Refutation and Weighing

10. Research

11. Types of Speeches

12. Padding Speeches

13. Authorships and Sponsorships

14. Delivery

15. Rhetoric

16. Cross Examination

>INTERMEDIATE GUIDES

17. Consistent Improvement

18. Strategic Argumentation

19. Round Integration

20. Rhetorical Narrative

21. Round Presence

22. Improving Clarity

23. Word Economy

24. Mastering Evidence & Sources

25. Mastering Constructive Speeches

26. Mastering Rebuttal Speeches

27. Mastering Late Round Speeches

28. Advanced POing

>ADVANCED GUIDES

29. From Good to Great

30. Experimenting with Structure

31. Round Strategy

32. Teaching Congress

33. Amendments

34. Types of Rebuttal Speeches

35. Types of Late-Round Speeches

36. Judge Appeal

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