by Ben Brown | Mar 16, 2023 | Negative, Team Policy
Image Credit: alamy.com A lot of 2NRs follow the same pattern. First, the speaker gives an intro. Then, they explain that they’re going to, first, respond to the aff on each line of the flow, and, second, give voting issues. They then follow through...
by Patrick McDonald | Mar 14, 2023 | Speaking, Technique
In every sentence, some words are more important than others. Each word is necessary to make the sentence meaningful, but particular words carry more meaning than others. Consider the sentence: “Some time ago, I went to the zoo and saw a gorilla with a spatula.” Each...
by Noah McKay | Feb 27, 2023 | Research Tips
Last week, Coach Jayla made a fantastic post about systematizing your debate research. That inspired me to compile my most helpful research tips in the hopes of saving you all dozens of hours of Googling, hyperlink hopping, and manual citing. Here they are: 1....
by Jala Boyer | Feb 20, 2023 | Affirmative, College Debate, Debate Leagues, Debate Resources, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, NCFCA, Negative, NSDA, Research Tips, Stoa, Strategy, Technique, Uncategorized
I’m not joking, this is possibly one of the most valuable articles that I have published on the Ethos website. That is because this article is a list of different documents that I have made or have seen used by other debaters that became essential to my success. Each...
by Patrick McDonald | Feb 13, 2023 | Limited Prep, Platform, Speaking
Throughout my time in NCFCA, I would fairly consistently receive the same comment: “Slow down!” Whenever I got this comment, I would smirk and think, “Aw c’mon…you can understand what I’m saying!” Throughout my five years in speech and debate, this was my mantra. I...
by Nathanael Morgan | Feb 6, 2023 | Concept Analysis, Research Tips, Technique, Uncategorized
According to data from Renaissance Learning, the average college freshman in the United States reads at a 7th grade level. Statistics like these don’t just appear overnight; this is one part of a larger trend of illiteracy among students in America—not illiteracy in...
