How to Write a Debate Speech?

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   Debate is a great confidence builder for young people (and older) to be involved in. If you can hold your own on a team, you can be confident in most settings. A Debate Speech is different from any other type of speech because you are not just giving information. In a Debate Speech you are defending an idea. You know that an opponent is also preparing a speech that is going to be designed to make you speech look bad! Choose your area of Debate If you are writing this Debate Speech for a team effort there will be several categories of debate. Impromptu, original oratory, political debates, International or US Extemp, dramatic interpretation, humor and several more. If you are writing this speech for a competition you need to know what each event requires. If you are debating for a class and not a completion, you will need to know what the professor or teacher requires. Every Debate Speech has guidelines and cannot be written off the top of your head. Choose your topic. Once you know your area of Debate, choose your topic. If this is for a class or even for certain events in a competition, the topic may be chosen for you. In that case you need to read as much information as you can on the topic before hand. In a debate you may be asked to debate a side of the topic that you personally don't agree with. You need to know what both sides of the issue are. In a personal choice debate, you still need to know both sides of the debate are about so you can be prepared to defend your position. The more you know about what your opponent is going to say, the better.

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