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    SPCH 71: Debate Propositions

    kenneth g. opina, ma
    DCLL / Summer 2017
    proposition
    debate
    PROPOSITION
    comes from the root word
    propose which means to offer for
    consideration
    a statement offered for
    consideration, specifically a
    statement made to others for the
    purpose of gaining acceptance
    after due consideration
    a statement of judgment that
    identifies the central issue in a
    controversy
    OTHER TERMS
    STATUS QUO
    the present/existing state of
    things

    BURDEN OF PROOF
    the risk of the proposition; the
    obligation of the affirmative to give
    good and sufficient reasons for
    adopting the proposition.
    CHARACTERISTICS OF PROPOSITIONS

    controversy (topical in nature or


    current)
    one central idea
    unemotional terms
    precise statement of the
    affirmatives desired decision
    EXAMPLES
    Resolved: That the university
    clubs deplore abortions and
    lotteries as immoral.
    Resolved: That the national
    government should adopt a
    program of compulsory wage and
    price controls.
    Mortgage rates are too high
    everything is too expensive.
    EXAMPLES
    What can be done to curb
    inflation?
    Resolved: That cruel, sadistic
    experimenters should be
    forbidden to torture defenseless
    animals pointlessly.
    Resolved: That vivisection should
    be illegal.
    PHRASING THE PROPOSITION
    (Freeley & Steignberg, 2000)

    Significant Contemporary Problem


    Equal conflicting evidence and
    reasoning
    Single declarative sentence
    Avoidance of ambiguity
    TYPES OF DEBATE PROPOSITIONS

    Proposition of FACT

    Proposition of VALUE

    Proposition of POLICY
    PROPOSITION OF FACT
    an objective statement that
    something exists
    the statement can be verified by
    someone other than the person
    making the statement
    may be an object or event that
    can be experienced directly by
    the senses of sight, hearing,
    touch, smell, and taste
    PROPOSITION OF FACT
    Federal intervention in state
    policies is unconstitutional.
    Shakespeare was not the real
    author of the literature that bears
    his name.
    America was first discovered by
    the Norse.
    Television viewing contributes to
    the mounting crime rate.
    PROPOSITION OF VALUE
    expresses judgments about the
    qualities of a person, a place, a
    thing, an idea, or an event
    when you make a statement about
    values, you move from the realm
    of senses and inferences into the
    realm of opinions and attitudes
    evaluates an action or any subject
    as whether good or evil,
    advantageous or
    disadvantageous, etc.
    PROPOSITION OF VALUE

    Environmental protection is more


    important than economic stability.

    When they are in conflict, freedom


    of speech is more desirable than
    national security.
    PROPOSITION OF POLICY
    a statement of a course of
    action to be considered for
    adoption
    the spheres of policy
    formulation include all those
    problem areas deemed
    appropriate for government
    action
    PROPOSITION OF POLICY
    Resolved: That the proposed tax
    bill should be enacted.

    Cyber Libel be decriminalized.

    Divorce Bill be passed in


    Congress.
    EXAMPLE: ABORTION
    Life begins at conception.

    The act of abortion is highly


    immoral.

    Abortion should be
    decriminalized in the
    Philippines.

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