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Persuasion Points
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Persuasion Points
The battlefield of ideas
This feature under construction
Persuasion Points
The battlefield of ideas
Argument Mode option set
Editing
Keywords
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Theme
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Scoring
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Video and Audio
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Evidence
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Comments
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Hints for Arguments Double-click a paragraph (argument) to view its maintenance widget.
Double-click the widget's Editing panel to close the widget after changing the argument text. For live debates, arguments should be brief paraphrases of ideas spoken in actual remarks.
NEW and SPLIT buttons will flash into existence to allow the creation of new arguments (these buttons have been turned off for the purposes of this display.)
A SPLIT creates a one-to-multiple argument relationship with its preceeding argument.
Under development: KEYWORDS, THEME, SCORING, VIDEO and AUDIO, EVIDENCE, COMMENTS
Click any of these hints to close them all.
Hints for Scrolling Scroll left or right using the horizontal scrollbar (at the bottom).
Use the scrollbar on the right for vertical scrolling.
Note that column headings will always remain in view.
Hints for Vertical Scrolling You may automatically scroll down (or up) to the first argument in a column, just by clicking on the column header. For candidate debates, find the questions in the column headings by scrolling right, then click the question's column heading to automatically scroll down to the arguments.
Click any of these hints to close them all.
Debate Styles Candidate debates are typically in a question-and-answer format, where candidates are often indirect in their rebuttals. In these debates, arguments are best linked by theme.
Formal forensic debates focus directly on point-counterpoint argumentation and refutation. In these debates, arguments should be linked that directly refute an earlier point.