Debate Prepraration Step 3; Preparing for Deconstruction – clashing with / finding the Achilles heel in your opponent’s arguments. Hope for a worthy opponent, and anticipate the strongest arguments they will present as their constructive arguments. List the 3 most powerful arguments you think the other side will raise: 1. ________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________________________ For each of these, determine the weakness in the argument (often it’s the assumption upon which it’s based), and prepare a SEEI to deconstruct and successfully defeat it. My Deconstructio n State
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