Debates involve a number of constructives, cross examinations and rebuttals. Middle school, high school and college debate formats differ from one another, and political debates look different still. There is team policy debate style and Lincoln-Douglas debate style, among others. No matter what the format of a debate, debates always assume courtesy and respect of both the audience and the
. opponent. Different debate formats are listed and explained here: http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/debformats.html.
