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How to Debate a Point

Even if you are in an office job, debate skills are vital elements to climbing up anymarket (corporate, medical, or educational). Some people are better debaters thaConsequently, they go into fields such as law or sales. Still, debating points is inteimproving your professional situation. You will need to know how to debate a poinincrease your salary, you will need to debate a point to get the best position you dthe best desk, the best hours, the best clients, and so on. Even if your work takesplaces that argumentative skills are extraneous, they will always help you in your

pursuits. Perhaps you will need to debate a point just to get the job. You must conemployer that you are the best candidate for the job in order to secure it and movthe corporation (or school or hospital).

Follow these few steps to create a strong "point" or argument. From this point on,refer to a "point" as an argument or a theme.

Research all information around "the point."

Pick a side to debate. There are always two (or more) ideas to a debate or p

argue. You must select one viewpoint and follow it through. If you are a little

your argument, it will appear in your debate. You do not even have to agree

your argument, you just must commit to it in order to create a strong debateOnce you have researched both sides to a point, you must begin creating yo

debate.

Like an essay, a debate point is a formulaic. It has an introduction, evidence,conclusion. The main difference is that most debates are oral. You speak in p

sometimes extemporaneously.

Your point must have an introduction, but not a flowery introduction. Usually,

 just jump to the point. You can open with a general thought or anecdote, but

veer too far from the subject matter or else people will start fidgeting. They

listen to your debate.Gather at least three pieces of evidence. Have them prepared ahead of time.

not use them all while speaking. However, you will always have more the en

information to fall back on if there is an uncomfortable silence.

Conclude your debate by disproving the opponent's point. You will then reaffi

certitude of your point by repeating your thesis statement aloud.

While debates are usually oral, here are a few tips to follow in order to appear calcollected and prepared. Confidence is vital in debate. Your presentation, speech, aappearance matter almost as much as your delivery and your content.

Dress appropriatelyHave notes prepared. You do not want your debate to be an oral presentatio

written essay.

Practice speaking aloud in front of a mirror and then in front of other people

Understand both sides of the debate so that you are prepared to contradict t

side.

Be ready to concede small points. It does not matter if you lose many little blong as you win the war.

Remember, debates are just like essays. There is a thesis (central argument), sev

pieces of evidence, and a conclusion. The main difference in a debate is the preseYou are not reading aloud a written essay. You are presenting a theme, an argumpoint orally. You must convince the opponent that you are correct and he or she iincorrect. You do this by appearing confident, disproving the opponent's point, anoverpowering your points. It is vital to understand all sides of an issue so that youdisprove your opponent's point. This difference is where debating a point differs thfrom writing an essay.

 

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