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Author Phillips, Leslie, author

Title Dictionary of debate and public speaking / Leslie Phillips
Published New York, NY : International Debate Education Association, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages .)
Series EBSCO Academic Collection
Summary This dictionary defines about 500 terms and concepts in the fields of debate and public speaking, along with examples of how the terms are used. Terms relate to argumentation, debate mechanics, debate formats, organizations, competitions and tournaments, American policy debate, British parliamentary debate, Congressional debate, forensics, individual events, Karl Popper debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, mock trial, public forum debate, and worlds format debate. The appendix outlines major debate formats and their topic selection, structure, delivery and style, unique features, judging, common arguments, and other information
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Subject Debates and debating -- Dictionaries
Debates and debating -- Terminology
Public speaking -- Dictionaries
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
Debates and debating
Public speaking
Genre/Form Dictionaries
Terminology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781617701122
1617701122