DB8 Speech & Debate Academy
Unit Test

Unit 2: Claim, Warrant, Impact — and Contention Structure

Test your grasp of the claim-warrant-impact structure and how contentions are built.

Pass at 80%.

Quick Check
  1. 1. What is a claim?

  2. 2. A warrant that only restates the claim in different words is:

  3. 3. True or False?

    "The impact of an argument explains why the judge should care about it."

  4. 4. Most competitive PF cases run how many contentions, typically?

  5. 5. A tag line's main purpose is to:

Answer all 5 to check.