Holy Name University

Tagbilaran City
Senior High School

Lesson: Debate & the British Parliamentary Format Score ____________

Name ___________________________________Grade and Section ________________ Date _____________
I. Give what is asked. Write your answer on the space provided. Be reminded that the questions are in the
context of the format discussed in class.
______________________ 1. This is the total number of minutes given to each speaker.
______________________ 2. This pertains to the statement that is going to be debated upon in one round.
______________________ 3. This pertains to the person who gives the first set of arguments.
______________________ 4. This refers to the statements which aim to destroy the arguments of the
opposing debaters.
______________________ 5. This refers to the person who can present another definition.
______________________ 6. This refers to the giving of another definition.
______________________ 7. These are statements that aim to limit the scope of one debate round by
controlling the proposition.
______________________ 8. These statements are given in order to support or defy the validity of a given
proposition.
______________________ 9. This pertains to the group who is in favour of the proposition.
______________________ 10. This pertains to the ones who are doing their best to make a proposition
unacceptable.
______________________ 11. This pertains to the use of some rules in an attempt to have an intellectual
exchange of thoughts and opinions.
______________________ 12. This refers to the way of giving new arguments.
______________________ 13. This is the term given to the time when a speaker can be raised with some
concerns regarding his/her speech.
______________________ 14. This refers to statements which represent the concerns and questions of an
opposing debater.
______________________ 15. This is quite the opposite of your answer in No. 13.
______________________ 16. This term represents the debaters whose important role is to extend the
debate.
______________________ 17. This is the manner/approach of argumentation where one’s rationality
governs the delivery of the speaker, making him/her sound quite intellectual.
______________________ 18. This creates the main or greatest difference between a debate and a verbal
wrangling.
______________________ 19. This term refers to the category to where people do an intellectual exchange
of arguments, bound by rules and format.
______________________ 20. This term tells us of questions that are asked or raised as an expression of
concern in a debate round.
______________________ 21. The main role of this debater is to create a summary of the many statements
raised by the side favouring the proposition.
______________________ 22. This term refers to the side which welcomes the debate round.
______________________ 23. This term expresses the opinion of a debater in relation to the argument
raised by the opposing debater, such that his (the former) goal is to weaken the other’s argument.
______________________ 24. This principle of argumentation believes that a person can meet arguments
with other people wherever he/she may be.
______________________ 25. What kind of proposition is this one: THBT, schools should be required to have
their own school buses to fetch students from their houses?
______________________ 26. This refers to the speaker who manages to rebut all the speakers of the
opposing side.
______________________ 27. What kind of proposition is this one: RT, the Filipino language should be used in
teaching Philippine History?
______________________ 28. This is raised in an attempt to create peace in a chaotic debate round.
______________________ 29. This principle of argumentation believes that the formation of opinions and
ideas is a normal product of the innate tendency of man to argue with others.
______________________ 30. What kind of proposition relies on a course of action which is being debated?

II. Present a summary of the roles of the different speakers in the British Parliamentary Format. Each quadrant
is worth 5 pts, for a total of 20 pts. Each quadrant should contain the complete set of speakers as well as the
different roles of every speaker. If something is missing, the quadrant will not be given any point at all.

Good luck and God bless!