Balloon debate
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Each speaker has to make the case why they should not be thrown out of the balloon to save the remainder. Typically each participant speaks on behalf of a famous person, profession, fictional character, etc.{{cite book |title=Pros and Cons: A Debater's Handbook |last=Sather |first=Trevor |year=1999 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-19548-5 |page=10 }} Other perilous situations may take the place of the sinking balloon, for example, a shipwrecked raft, or a nuclear bunker. |
Each speaker has to make the case why they should not be thrown out of the balloon to save the remainder. Typically each participant speaks on behalf of a famous person, profession, fictional character, etc.{{cite book |title=Pros and Cons: A Debater's Handbook |last=Sather |first=Trevor |year=1999 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-19548-5 |page=10 }} Other perilous situations may take the place of the sinking balloon, for example, a shipwrecked raft, or a nuclear bunker. |
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| ⚫ | The balloon debate style appears in the ''[[Big Brother (franchise)|Big Brother]]'' reality television series where contestants |
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It is often used to build argumentative skills in preparation for Speech and Debate activities such as [[Public forum debate|public forum]], [[policy debate]] and [[Lincoln–Douglas debate format|Lincoln-Douglas]]. |
It is often used to build argumentative skills in preparation for Speech and Debate activities such as [[Public forum debate|public forum]], [[policy debate]] and [[Lincoln–Douglas debate format|Lincoln-Douglas]]. |
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| ⚫ | The balloon debate style appears in the ''[[Big Brother (franchise)|Big Brother]]'' reality television series where contestants vote each week on who leaves the show, each arguing their own case to the group.{{cite news |title=Most hated man in Britain is found guilty - of breaking the rules of a television gameshow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/most-hated-man-in-britain-is-found-guilty--of-breaking-the-rules-of-a-television-gameshow-711146.html|work=[[The Independent]] |date=18 August 2000 |accessdate=2008-12-02|location=London|first=Chris|last=Gray}} |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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