Lesson nine: the reply speech
Announcing a further step:
9.1. In public debates there are actually FOUR speeches on either side.
After the three substantive speakers of each side have spoken, there is now a short REPLYspeech by each side. This time the first reply is made by the opposition and the second made by the government (who thus makes the last speech of the debate !)
The reply speech is made either by the first or by the second speaker but it is never made by the third speaker, who has just sat down. (In informal classroom debates, for the sake of including more students it could even be a fourth speaker.
The reply is approximately half as long as the other speeches (i.e. four minutes instead of eight; or three instead of six; or two instead of four, accordingly.)
The reply speech contains no new facts , no new arguments , no unfair surprises. It sums up the main arguments of our side, and repeats the main attacks on the other side. It creates a last impression.
It's a help for the fourth speaker to be able to consult the initial team-line!
No points of information are allowed during a reply speech.
9.2. Same procedure as before.
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