1. Thinking like a Policy Debater
Casey Parsons

2. How arguments interact
Debaters think in a paradigm of weighing offense versus defense
Offensive arguments are arguments that have impacts attached to them – they’re the most important to the round
Defensive arguments are arguments that answer offensive arguments

3. Offensive Arguments
The affs best form of offense is its advantages – they’re reasons why the world of the aff is preferable to the world of the neg
The negs best form of offense is its disadvantages – they’re reasons why the world of the neg is preferable to the world of the aff
Offensive arguments win debate rounds – always try to answer arguments offensively

4. Defensive Arguments Defensive arguments are a little more generic
For the neg, the “on-case” arguments that we talked about earlier are all defensive arguments
Additional defensive arguments include:
No link arguments – reasons why the story the other team is wrong
Impact Defense – reasons why the other team being right isn’t a big deal. An example could include “regional conflicts don’t escalate,” which takes away the reason we cared about regional conflicts