Read the excerpt from a high school newspaper. At yesterday’s debate, tensions were high as the teams waited for Mia Song to s
tate the resolution. Despite the short prep time, Washington team members Enzo Garcia and Nicole Marconi had no problem speaking first, explaining their support for recent actions in the Middle East. The Taft team went second, making a strong counterclaim, but their argument didn’t have as much supporting evidence. There was a tense hush while the judges deliberated, followed by cheers and applause when Washington won. Which sentence from the passage best shows that the debate was a parliamentary debate? At yesterday’s debate, tensions were high as the teams waited for Mia Song to state the resolution. Despite the short prep time, Washington team members Enzo Garcia and Nicole Marconi had no problem speaking first, explaining their support for recent actions in the Middle East. The Taft team went second, making a strong counterclaim, but their argument didn’t have as much supporting evidence. There was a tense hush while the judges deliberated, followed by cheers and applause when Washington won.
The sentence from the passage that best shows that the debate was a parliamentary debate is: The Taft team went second, making a strong counterclaim, but their argument didn't have as much supporting evidence.
A parliamentary debate is an academic debate with two opposing sides. Both parties put forward pieces of evidence to support the points that they make during the debate.
In the third option chosen above, we see that elements of academic debate can be seen in the fact that the Taft team made a counterclaim, had an argument but with no supporting evidence.
These descriptions have many features of a parliamentary debate.
