vs“The Great Debaters” Film Assignment:
Directions: (Part I) In complete sentences, thoroughly answer the questions or statements that follow while watching the film. (Part II) In a well-developed essay, you must type your answers to the analysis statements below.
PART I:
The Great Debaters: Questions to answer during the film (40 points)
Question 1. Do you believe education is the only way out? Explain your answer. I don’t think education is the only way out, simply because life always throws many paths in your way, and education is one of them.
Question 2. What is the difference between the resolve and the affirmative? An affirmative statement by affirmative team, they have to prove the truth of the resolution and affirmative is the side of the debate that argues for the change advocated in the proposition. During the debate, the affirmative side presents arguments and evidence to support the proposition.
Question 3. Explain what he means by “Your Words being your weapon.” He describes that words are your weapon because in debate it is combat, and that’s the only way you can attack your opponents.
Question 4. In today’s technological age, is it possible to write your own dictionary? Explain your answer. Yes, it is possible, we have numerous resources.
Question 5. Do you believe welfare discourages hard work? Explain your answer. He says that welfare takes away a mans need for survival, I also think it discourages hard work because when you are in a zone of comfort achieved through hard work, then eventually it will discourage.
Question 6. Identify all the persuasive techniques you recognize during the debate versus Paul Quinn College. Humor, Exaggeration, star power, PATHOS, logos
Question 7. In the debate versus Oklahoma City University, the opposition (white debater) accounts a personal example and a quote from whom during this portion of the debate. Which rhetorical appeal is this? He is using ethos, perceived as credible
Question 8. When planning their debate against Harvard University, what point did Samantha suggest should go last? Why? Of what happens in Texas, their perso...
