Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Education and Communications: [header] How to write a debate speech [title] Understand how debates work. [step] You will be given a debate topic-this is called a " resolution. " your team must take a stance either affirmative or negative to the resolution.

Ending1: Sometimes you will be given the stance, and sometimes you will be asked to take a position. In different debate formats, this can be called a motion and the sides will be proposition and opposition. Ending2: [substeps] Affirmative: affirmative means if you or others agree, each team has a member on both sides. Positive: affirmative means you may reject a point and disagree. Ending3: Your team will then act as the " moderator " and encourage others to agree with them. The other team should present their stances on the topic and either answer them with an open, unarguable argument or counter with a positive declaration. Ending4: An affirmative stance will dictate how support the issues that you discuss. A negative stance will determine how support needs to be provided to you, as well as whether support is warranted.

Answer format: ending1/ending2/ending3/ending4