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Beginner High School Curriculum Guide
Speech Order
This chart will break a debate round down for you. “CX” means cross-examination, but we’ll get to that later.
Remember: 1/2 mean first or second, A/N mean affirmative or negative, and C/R mean constructive or rebuttal.
So who gives what speech? Well, you’ll receive a speaker position from your coach. You’ll either be a 2A/1N, which means you speak second for the affirmative and first for the negative, or a 2N/1A, which means you speak second for the negative and first for the affirmative. If your job is to speak second on a given side, that means you should be an expert on that part of the debate, and you should be able to answer any question about it.