| A | B |
| advantage | a significant improvement over the status quo that can be gained by the affirmitive plan |
| affirmative | The side that favors changing the status quo in order to conform to the resolution |
| assertion | an unsupported statement that lacks evidence for support |
| burden of proof | The affirmitive Obligation is to present a "prima facie" case supporting the resolution |
| burden of rebuttal | The negative obligation to meet and clash with the affirmitive case |
| plan | the specific program proposed by the affirmitive to implement the debate resolution, this is necessary in the affirmitive case |
| disadvantage | the undesirable outcomes of a plan |
| Significancy stock issue | . Is there a need for a change? |
| Inherency stock issue | explain why the present system can not solved the problem |
| status quo | the current system |