THE 1A

Speaker: Nate Cohn

• Before the tournament

o Have a good idea of how to approach arguments
o Answering kritiks – framework,
• During 1NC
o Read through their ev, consult partner
o CX – develop key holes in args, set up positions you will go for
 Allows 2AC to spend less time on certain args
o How to find parts of their args you can exploit
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• During 2AC speech
o Assemble 1AR blocks, ev
o Be sure to communicate with your partner
o Develop args on flow – write out extensions
o Efficient extensions
 Don’t just write any args – group them
• During the block
o 1AR shouldn’t be flowing block – should prep ext.
o 2A should respond to important arguments
o Difficult fpr 1AR to read ev – 2As job
o 1AR will require certain ev
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• 1AC preempts
• 1AR proper
o T, case, CP, DA, K
o 1AR should group things – ie. group the uniqueness debate
 Should group: uniqueness, solvency deficits, link turns, impact calc, impact turns
 Shouldn’t group: case, DA
 Try to frame and organize the debate for the judge
o 1AR should be the most efficient debater
 Signpost
 Argument + warrant (1 sentence)
 Comparison/framing
 AT: x arg
 More evidence
• Read most predictive ev – show debate direction
• Strategy
o Determine your present situation – nexis question
 Solvency deficits
 Any arg that changes the basic calculus of magnitude
o Judge who is winning and the outcome of the debate
 How many cards has each team read?
 Time investment
o CP solvency areas could be exploited by aff –
o Your task is to construct a strategy
o 1AR needs to makes choices on when//where to use evidence
o Value comes first – go on things that could change the outcome of the debate – nexis questions
 o If you can’t read cards – it’s not because you’re slow it’s becaue you need to be more selective of what
arguments you go on
• Make the 2NR’s life hell
o Conditionality extensions
o Strategic cross-applications
o Extending impact turns
 Especially for things they won’t go for
 Neg side bias disappears
o 1AR impact turns
 Don’t focus too much
o OVERWHELM THE NEGATIVE ON A GIVEN POINT
o Read new evidence
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