Debate Vocabulary

Mammals have fur, like cats and dogs.

Mammals are animals that have hair or fur and feed their young with their own milk.

If you have a dog in your house, then you will have fur on your furniture.

Dogs are the cutest mammals.

Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play.

If you are in English 8, then you will read Hamlet.

Hamlet is Shakespeare's most entertaining play.

Shakespeare wrote many influential tragedies, including Hamlet.

If you do your daily reading, then you will pass English 8.

Last semester, 100% of students in Ms. Flowers' English 8 classes passed.

English 8 is the second semester of senior English.

John said, "I didn't enjoy reading Hamlet but I still did the assignments each day so I was able to pass and get my credit."

If I had to take an extra elective, then I would sign up for Weight Training.

15% of students choose a music class for their electives.

Electives are classes that are not required for graduation but still provide necessary credits.

Art and Intro to Speech/Debate are electives.

If you graduate high school, then you will be more likely to get a job.

Mary Watson is a student who graduated from high school. She says that her high school diploma allowed her to attend Metro and then UNO and then ultimately become a successful teacher.

Getting a high school diploma is important.

If you graduate high school, then you will go to college, get a good paying career, and live happily ever after.

A healthy snack is one that provides your body with necessary nutrition without harmful chemicals or unnecessary calories.

My favorite healthy snack is a banana.

Dr. Jimenez, the director of Nutrition Services for the University of Nebraska, says that teenagers need to eat more healthy snack.

Bananas contain 100 calories and 17% of your daily recommended Vitamin C.

My brother told me that the University of Wisconsin is the best college in the Midwest.

Steven Jackson, the author of the US News and World Report "Top Universities List", rates Butler University in Indiana as the top Midwestern university.

Antonia, a college freshman at Creighton, says that she cannot imagine a better university anywhere in the Midwest.

Dr. Simon, a pediatrician in Omaha, believes the University of Nebraska is the best Midwestern university for engineering.

Shawshank Redemption is a movie about a wrongfully convicted man's experience in a Maine prison.

Shawshank Redemption has a higher Rotten Tomatoes Audience Rating than Black Panther.

It seems like every time I walk through the living room, my husband is watching Shawshank Redemption. He cannot get enough of that movie!

98% of viewers rate Shawshank Redemption positively.

Shawshank Redemption was written by Stephen King, but in nothing like It.

It is not surprising that Shawshank Redemption is so good, since it also came from a Stephen King story, just like It.

Stephen King has written both novels and short stories that have been made into movies.

Becca, an avid movie-goer, said she cried at the end of the movie.

Remote learning is an effective method of learning, since it is the same curriculum as "in person".

Remote learning is when students log in to their classes from a device at home.

More than 30% of students have chosen to do remote learning only.

On February 17, "in person" students will attend school 5 days a week, rather than only 2 or 3 days a week in the hybrid model.