One of the ways learning about creating an affirmative argument can be applied is in a debate. According to Gini Beqiri (2018), debating skills are valuable to learn and anyone can do it! Here are the recommendations for those speaking to the affirmative (the speaker who goes first):

• Contextualise the debate - clearly set out your team's interpretation of the topic and the significant issues they disagree with.
• Provide definitions if necessary.
• Outline the team line and the team split - this is where you outline your team's case and summarise the way your arguments have been divided between your speakers.
• Provide 2-3 arguments supporting the motion.

https://virtualspeech.com/blog/guide-to-debating

Class, can you think of other areas where an affirmative argument could be helpful?