How do you start of debate speeches?

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I depends what kind of debate you are talking about and at what point in the debate you are in.

For the sake of argument lets say that you are in a competitive debate ie high school, college, you are on a debate team of some sort.

In the first part of the debate or you first speech you will tell a story. If you are debating about the aids problem in Africa and you want to convince the judge that we need to send more money then tell a short heart-warming tear jerking tale of a small boy who has lost both his parents to aids and now lives on the street fighting to survive.

Later on in the debate or for your later speeches give a road map. This tells the judge the order of the arguments that you are going to make and the reasons why you are winning the debate.





Well, I do debating in school and my teacher ALWAYS makes us start off with this...
Good Morning madam chairperson distinguished time keeper members of the proposition and members of the opposition (can address the audience also if you wish)
Then you could include some things like...
-personal experience(tell storys to improve your point)
-report statistics(this shows that you've researched)
-experts statements
-newspaper articles
-Qutations(hint hint ;)this is a good way to start off your speech)
during your speech ask the audience questions also you have to appeal to their emotions so also try to use descriptive words.

hope this was helpful :)