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Introduction to Policy Debate

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Put your best answers last.  This is something that you should only do if you have some experience and are good at allocating your time. Generally, you want to put your best arguments in order to insure that you have time to make your best arguments.  If you put them last, however, teams that are top heavy are less likely to answers them – or at least answer them very well.

Read an “add-on.” An add-on is an additional short advantage that you can read. If you read it on the disadvantage flow, teams are less likely to answer it.  If you can find an add-on related to the disadvantage (say one that says that you stop an economic downturn), you should read it on the relevant disadvantage.

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