{"id":"study-debate-cross-ex-questions","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"constraints","track":"study","title":"Prepare for cross-examination questions on your debate case","free":false,"task":"You're on the debate team and want to practice defending your case on a later school start time. Get exactly 3 numbered cross-examination questions the opposing team might ask, under 70 words total, plain text, with no answers or coaching. The first must target the weakest evidence your coach circled, and all must stay within your case and its sources.","materialLabel":"Your case and coach's notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"DEBATE TEAM - Policy round prep - Resolution: Our district should start high school at 9:00 AM or later.\nI'm AFFIRMATIVE.\n\nMY CASE (summary):\nContention 1: Teens need 8-10 hours of sleep. Source: county health department fact sheet (2023).\nContention 2: Later start times improve grades. Source: a 2017 survey of 300 students at one school in another state, where 64% said their grades improved after the switch.\nContention 3: Later starts reduce car crashes among teen drivers. Source: Riverdale Gazette article (2022) quoting a police chief: \"We saw fewer early-morning accidents.\"\n\nCOACH'S NOTES (Ms. Fontaine):\n- Contention 2 is circled: \"Weakest evidence. Self-reported, one school, 2017. Expect them to attack it first.\"\n- \"Cross-ex is 3 minutes. They'll ask short, pointed questions. Practice answering without notes.\"\n- \"Don't bring up bus costs yourself; it's their best argument.\"\n\nTournament Saturday. Round 1 at 9 AM (ironic).","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking what they'll ask","why":"The AI lists questions and then coaches you on answers, so you don't practice thinking on your feet.","fix":"Say: \"Only questions, no answers or tips.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many questions","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more questions than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered questions.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Missing the weak spot","why":"The AI may start with easy questions instead of the evidence your coach expects them to attack.","fix":"Add: \"Question 1 attacks Contention 2's evidence.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Letting in outside evidence","why":"The AI may cite real studies you can't respond to.","fix":"Add: \"Use only my case and its sources.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each question: \"each under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many questions","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}question"]},{"label":"Names the weak spot","patterns":["contention 2","weakest","circled","survey"]},{"label":"Says not to give the answer","patterns":["(don't|do not|never|no).{0,25}(answer|solution|solve|tell me|give)","only (ask|question|hint)"]},{"label":"Says to use only the material","patterns":["only.{0,30}(notes|material|source|excerpt|text|reading|passage|draft|facts|article|handout|sheet|guide|chapter|data|list)","no outside","don't add","do not add","don't invent","case"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Cross-ex practice needs pointed questions, not a coaching session. Say how many, which evidence to hit first, to stay inside your case, and to leave the answers to you.","rubricLabels":["Question 1 targets Contention 2's evidence (self-reported grades, one school, a 2017 survey)","All questions draw on the case or its sources (such as the single police chief quote or the fact sheet), with no outside studies or statistics","Contains only questions: no answers, suggested responses, coaching or commentary"]}