The Debate Flowchart What is a flow The

The Debate Flowchart

What is a flow? The debate flow is an organization of notes that keeps track of and help development of all of the arguments made in a debate. A good flow will: Provide an organized presentation Help to develop the speeches Enable clash Show the development of arguments Help a team/debater win Help a judge know who wins Provide a record of the debate Silence is Consent

SOME RULES FOR FLOWING One argument per page Two colors—one for aff, one for neg One column for each speech Lots of room/space Shorthand symbols Substance of an argument, not word for word Flow every argument in round

Create a list of common abbreviations

Abbreviations Common debate words Topic words Strategies

How to abbreviate PARAPHRASE Rather than “Nuclear Energy is fast becoming the most affordable form of energy available. ” NE = $ Use symbols $+= Leave out vowels Nclr, dngr, impx, gvnrnmnt, chldrn Leave out words that don’t bring meaning (articles, prepositions) A, an, the, of, for, to

Other tips. . Supplement with other useful info Use Cross-ex and prep time to clean up your flow FLOW YOUR ARGUMENTS**This is how you’ll do all the speeches after the 1 AC. Pre-flow

Practice Read case Take notes on news Take notes of lecture Card game Take notes of a conversation Watch/flow national rounds at nationalforensicleague. org