| A | B |
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| Case | The “case” for the resolution presented in the IAC (the first speech); it includes inherency, harms, plan, and solvency. |
| Contention | The parts of a case: inherency, harms, plan, and solvency. |
| Prima Facia | In latin it means on first appearance; the case must be sufficient to prove a case―it must be complete with all five contentions. |
| Harms | The problems in the status quo. |
| Quantitative Impacts | Quantifies the effects of the problem (like the number of people affected). |
| Qualitative Impacts | The effect the problem will have on the quality of life (NO NUMBERS). |
| Inherency | The barrier to solve the problems in the status quo. This is the reason why the plan isn't occurring in the status quo. |
| Structural Inherency | Something in the present system (like a law) is keeping the plan from being enacted. |
| Attitudinal Inherency | The attitudes of others (like congress, the president, voters, etc) keep the plan from being enacted in the status quo |
| Gap Inherency | The plan to solve the harms has not occurred (yet). |
| Plan | The Affirmative’s proposal to put the resolution into effect; putting this into action will solve harms and inherency. |
| Planks | These are the five parts of the plan: mandate, funding, enforcement, administration, and legislative intent. |
| Mandate | The part of the plan explains what the Affirmative will do. |
| Funding | The part of the plan lists the source of the money that the mandates require; tells you how you are going to pay for the “laws.” |
| Legislative Intent | The part of the plan that says the Affirmative side will judge the future meaning of the plan. |
| Solvency | The contention showing that the Affirmative plan can solve for the harms and inherency presented earlier in the plan. |
| Enforcement | The part of the affirmative plan that ensures a particular agency oversees compliance with the mandate; it makes sure the “new laws” are followed. |
| Administrator | This part of the plan tells who will put the mandates into practice. |
| Hegemony | The dominant influence--of a state, region, or group, over another or others. |
| Deterrence | Using fear of consequences to convince others to avoid specific behaviors. |
