What Are Some Sample Written Debates?

Writing a debate or participating in a debate is a unique experience. During a debate, you may have to take a position on a controversial issue (and not necessarily the position you'd want to take) and you have to make solid, convincing arguments that are backed up by evidence. Knowing how to do this is a special skill, and finding sample written debates as a guide can be a great tool.

Finding Samples of Written Debates

There are plenty of different websites that both instruct readers on the art of skillful debating and that provide samples to show their readers some examples of both good and bad written debates.

Quite a few of the websites with sample written debates are more education-oriented than simple sample sites. This means instead of just offering you one long sample written debate, they offer you samples and insight as to why bad debates are bad, as well as why the good written debates are good. 

Here are some websites that you can use to prepare for your own debate experience. They provide sample written debates and/or related information about a debate.

Truth Free

• Truthfree.com provides a lengthy foreword on the art of skillful debating and provides you with guidance on debating in both verbal and written communications.
• There are a number of different viewpoints offered on debating, as well as written sample debates throughout the site itself that demonstrate good and bad examples of written debating. 

ThinkQuest.org

• ThinkQuest.org is a website that is designed as a forum site for different topics - one of those being different writing techniques.
• The website contains a number of different samples of written debates, some good and some bad. Looking at the differences between the good ones is useful to anyone who is trying to hone their written debating skills. 

Secular Students

• If you’re looking for a layout of how a debate should look on the paper in front of you, Secular Students provides a sample layout and a formatting sample.
• These samples will help you format your argument by breaking it down into different sections for easier referencing during the debate.
• Secular Students also provides different breakdowns for each section, offering advice on what information should be located in which section for the most effective presentation. 

NTU.edu

• You can also read through a transcript of a spoken debate, read the breakdown of the debate itself and see how each debater responded to various questions at NTU.edu.
• This site is an educational site that shows the reader how to debate with someone by making the debater back up what he is saying.
• It also shows some of the different tactics used in various debate situations.
• There is a transcript view that provides brief breakdowns as to what each person in the argument is doing. This will offer you a tutorial on the “how-to’s” of debating.
• This site can also be used as a reference guide for debate questioners to see how they can force an answer from a stalled debater.

So, now you know what is available in sample written debates and you know where to find them.