The same is true while debating. The best way to ensure that the judge understands the order in which you address issues is signposting. Transitions between arguments also help the judge to follow the order in which you move from argument to argument. This will be helpful not only to the other team and to the judge, but also to your partner. Having a coherent discussion of the issues will help the whole debate to move in a much smoother way and allow more clash with the other team.
Several terms are important to understand.
These are arguments which are used to prove the stock issues of inherency, significance, and solvency. These are the arguments that are brought up by the negative which do not directly refute the case arguments of inherency, significance, and solvency. They are usually disadvantages, counterplans, topicality arguments, or critiques. Allows the judges and the other teams to know which major arguments will be addressed in what order. Usually done at the beginning of the speech for the judges and the other team.