Overtime
– DEBATE TRICKS – It’s a simple rule and violators are easy to spot. There’s a time limit on responses, both to the moderator’s questions and to challenges from opponents.
The Trump effect
– DEBATE TRICKS – Why not write about Trump? Everybody writes about President Trump. Especially Trump.
And You're Another
– DEBATE TRICKS – From schoolyard name-calling to the debate stage, And You’re Another is a rhetorical trick politicians use often.
Mastering the debate game
– DEBATE TRICKERY -The Rhetoric Referee offers a list of debate tricks and traps just in time for the Democratic debates.
Ad Hominem
– DEBATE TRICKS – Ad hominem, Latin for “to the man,” means smearing a person’s character instead of arguing the facts. A classic example turned a man’s name into a verb.