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Public Forum Series

What is Public Forum?

Public Forum debate is the most popular K-12 speech and debate format in the United States...

Structure of Public Forum Debate

Every weekend during the debate season, thousands...

What is a Constructive?

In any debate, the first thing someone does is state their position...

What is a Constructive?

In any debate, the first thing someone does is state their position...

How to Make a Constructive?

In the last post, we discussed the basics of a constructive and how to create arguments...

What Is A Rebuttal?

What sets a debate apart from a simple speech is the ongoing exchange of ideas

Rebuttal In Action

In our last post, we covered the basics of a rebuttal and defined the different types...

What is a Summary?

In previous posts, we covered the constructive and rebuttal speeches, both of which...

Summary In Action

In our last post, we covered the basics of the summary including the different structures...

How To Weigh In Debate

In almost every debate round both sides have a persuasive argument a judge...

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Public Forum Series

What is Public
Forum?

An intro to the most popular debate format in the US.

Structure of Public Forum Debate

Speeches, time, format, speaking order.

What is a Constructive?

Introducing the very first speech of a PF round.

How to Make a Constructive?

Walk through a real-world example of a constructive.

What Is A Rebuttal?

Learn about the rebuttal, where you respond to opponents.

Rebuttal In Action

See how to create an effective rebuttal.

What is a Summary?

This speech synthesizes information in the round.

Summary In Action

See an example summary, with tips on how to make your own.

How To Weigh In Debate

10 ways to convince your judge.

2024-2025 TOC Rankings

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

Lake Highland Prep PS

Prateek Seela

4.277

OCSA Independent IL

Iva Liu

4.192

Strake Jesuit JW

Justin Wen

4.185

Lynbrook OM

Om Modi

4.113

Harker Siddhartha Daswani

Siddhartha Daswani

3.755

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

Delbarton PE

Romir Patel & Ezekiel Ehrenberg

3.969

Saratoga GJ

Ashish Goswami & Leonardo Jia

3.501

Strake GZ

Jason Zhao & Daniel Guo

3.387

Monta Vista TG

Alan Tai & Saanvi Goyal

3.199

Nueva CG

Kayte Chan & Anika Gupta

3.125

2024-2025 TOC Bid List

Debaters

School

Bids

Saish Swamidurai

BASIS Scottsdale High School

Saish Swamidurai

BASIS Scottsdale High School

Kaitlyn Tapia

Coppell High School

Kaitlyn Tapia

Coppell High School

Skanda Gopikannan

Plano West Sr High School

Skanda Gopikannan

Plano West Sr High School

Sarah Koshy

Greenhill School

Sarah Koshy

Greenhill School

Levin Ma

Cary Academy

Levin Ma

Cary Academy

Debaters

School

Bids

Stratton & Murthy