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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 presentationHelp to develop the speechesEnable clashShow the development of argumentsHelp a team/debater winHelp a judge know who winsProvide a record of the debateSilence 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
PARAPHRASERather than “Nuclear Energy is fast becoming the most affordable form of energy available.”
NE = $
Use symbols$ + =
Leave out vowelsNclr, 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 1AC.
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
