The most difficult part about preparing for the first affirmative or the first negative constructive is coming up with a variety of arguments. This requires inventional skill. As explained in chapter one, invention is the process of coming up with arguments.
Experienced debaters try to find arguments that fill several inventional categories.
Value Arguments 2. Scenario Specific Arguments 3. Most of the scenarios you will be debating involve a clash of values. In the Victoria Woolf scenario described in chapter one, the debate could be seen as a clash between the value of education which will provide for Ms. Woolf s future and the importance of self-esteem. This is not an easy choice.