Advantage (debate)

In competitive debate, an advantage is the way that the affirmative team refers to the positive consequences of adopting their position on the debate resolution. It is an argument structure that seeks to convince the judge that the affirmative plan, if adopted, would result in a net-beneficial improvement to the status quo.[1]

Structure

Some variance in the structure of an advantage exists. The following are two of the most common structures:[1]

Method 1

  • Uniqueness: An argument describing something in the status quo.
  • Impact: an argument explaining why that condition of the status quo is damaging. Also known as the inherency.
  • Solvency: an argument describing how the plan can alter the status quo to avoid the impact.

Method 2

  • Uniqueness: Claims about the status quo (typically undesirable, or heading in a bad direction).
  • Link: An argument of how/why the plan causes something in the status quo to change.
  • Internal Link: How/why the link will result in a particular outcome.
  • Impact: The bad things avoided by passing the plan, or the goods things that come to be.

See also

References
  1. Dennis, Kyle B.; HARVEY, KORRY; REID, BEN; HYKAN, JOE; TESTERMAN, ADAM; KNOTH, LAUREN; RAMSEY, JOSH; GRAHAM, TODD; BERGUS, KATIE; GAFFNEY, MEGAN; MERRELL, BRANDON; JONES, JEFF; REISENER, MATT; GARNER, KEVIN; RIVERA, BRANDON; BRESSLER, JARED; CALDERWOOD, KEVIN; ALLEN, JOE; HARRIS, RACHELLE; JEFFRIES, NATHAN; VAN TREUREN, WILLIAM (2015). The Parli Debate Prepbook: A community-Driven Guide to Modern Parliamentary Debate. Kyle B. Dennis (ed.). Retrieved 2017-04-22.


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