Tips
Read background information about the subject
- History
- Interview professors who specialize in the topic
- Newspapers or Lexis-Nexus
Prepare a comprehensive bibliography (you will need to cite your info in the debate)
- Statistical info
- Books, pamphlets, magazines, etc..
- Primary sources
- Internet sources
- Interviews
Collect as much material about both affirmative and negative sides of the issue as possible
Read and study material
- Get as many view points as possible about the topic
- Look for arguments for both sides
- Search for evidence
- Organize and make notes
Types of fallacies
- Error of fact
- Illogical argument (does not follow logic)
- Unacceptable implications (example: comparison of unlike things)
- Irrelevancy
- Little weight
- Contradictions