Presidential Debate Worksheet

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Presidential Debate Worksheet

Instructions: Record notes on the worksheet below while watching the presidential debates.

Factor / Speaker / Your Thoughts
Debate Setting
Look for examples of how colors, camera positions, view framing (e.g., close-ups, side views, other angles) that favor or hurt the candidate
Techniques of Persuasion
Do candidates use generalities instead of specifics, make emotional appeals, engage in name-calling, avoid answers?
Favorite Phrases
Did candidates repeat favorite phrases and were they effective?
Rehearsed Responses
Do the candidates seem to rely on rehearsed answers, or were they spontaneous? How effective were their answers?
Self-Presentation
Did the candidates seem self-confident or ill at ease? Did they have distracting or reassuring personal mannerisms?
Fallacies
Identify (and label) at least two fallacious statements made by each candidate.
Key Arguments
List two key arguments presented by each candidate
Evidence
List specific, concrete evidence linked to the arguments listed above.
Rhetorical Strategies
Identify two to three rhetorical strategies (such as- metonymy, colloquial language, metaphor, allusion, analogy….) used by each candidate

2015 Debate Information

Wednesday, September 16

CNN Republican Primary Debate (Live Stream)
6pm ET / 3pm PT - First round debate
8pm ET / 5pm PT - Second round primetime debate
Aired On:CNN andSalem Radio
Location:Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA
Sponsors:Reagan Library Foundation,CNN, Salem Media Group
Moderator(s):Jake Tapper, Dana Bash and Hugh Hewitt
Rules:Split field into Segment B (primetime) and Segment A (remaining candidates getting at least 1% in polls)
Candidates 6pm:Santorum, Jindal, Pataki, Graham
Candidates 8pm:Trump, Bush, Walker, Huckabee, Carson, Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Christie, Kasich, Fiorina
Read more at http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-republican-primary-debate-schedule/#scYIqIV6RIbC4f8J.99