Unit 9: Summary and Final Focus

1. 1. What must Summary do that simply repeating the case does not?

   Extend surviving arguments while answering the attacks made against themRestate the coin flip resultIntroduce brand-new contentionsAsk Crossfire-style questions

2. 2. True or False?

   "An argument not extended in Summary is generally considered gone for the rest of the round."

   TrueFalse

3. 3. A clean extension includes all of the following except:

   A brand-new, previously unread contentionThe impactA restated claimAn answer to the opponent's attack

4. 4. Final Focus is most persuasive when it:

   Introduces new evidence for the first timeCollapses to one clear, well-weighed storyCovers every argument from the entire round equallyRepeats the Constructive case verbatim

5. 5. True or False?

   "Summary and Final Focus should ideally collapse to the same core argument."

   TrueFalse

6. 6. If time runs short in Final Focus, a debater should protect first:

   Weighing and the final voting lineRedundant restatements of earlier pointsA new piece of evidenceAn unrelated Crossfire question

Write a full Final Focus speech (2 minutes worth) for a case you've built earlier in this course, including a clean extension, weighing, and a closing vote line.