Public Forum Debate · Intermediate

Now that you know how a round runs, you need the basic unit every PF speech is built from: the three-part argument. This unit teaches claim-warrant-impact and how contentions package multiple arguments into a case.

With claim-warrant-impact as your building block, you now need material to fill the warrant slot — this unit covers finding, cutting, and ethically using evidence in PF.

Armed with claim-warrant-impact and solid research skills, you're ready to assemble a full 4-minute Constructive case for either side of a resolution.

With both cases built, you now need to respond to the other team's case directly — this unit covers line-by-line refutation, frontlining your own case, and the difference between turns and defense.

You now know how to construct and attack arguments — this unit makes sure a real judge can actually follow and believe them, through pacing, plain language, and signposting.

You know how to speak persuasively; now this unit sharpens your live, unscripted skills in Crossfire and Grand Crossfire, and shows how to bank answers for later speeches.

You can now attack, defend, and question effectively; this unit teaches the skill that ties it all together — telling the judge which side's arguments matter more and why.

With weighing mastered, you now learn to compress an entire round into two tight closing speeches that collapse to what matters, extend cleanly, and tell the judge a coherent ballot story.

You now have every skill needed to debate a full PF round; this final unit turns that skill into tournament performance through prep organization, topic cycles, pre-round routine, and elimination-round awareness.