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Since theory is initiated in response to abuse, it is commonly read in the [[1NC Theory|1NC]] or [[1AR Theory|1AR]] in response to something that your opponent has done. However, it can also be read preemptively in the [[1AC Theory|1AC]] to say that your opponent shouldn't do something in one of their future speeches. More rarely, it can be read in the [[2NR theory|2NR]] in response to abuse from the 1AR. | Since theory is initiated in response to abuse, it is commonly read in the [[1NC Theory|1NC]] or [[1AR Theory|1AR]] in response to something that your opponent has done. However, it can also be read preemptively in the [[1AC Theory|1AC]] to say that your opponent shouldn't do something in one of their future speeches. More rarely, it can be read in the [[2NR theory|2NR]] in response to abuse from the 1AR. | ||
== Topicality == | == Topicality == | ||
[[Topicality]] is a | [[Topicality]] is akin to a theory shell that proves the affirmative is not properly defending the resolution. If the affirmative reads a [[Policy#Policy ACs|plan]], the negative might read a topicality shell to prove both that it's unfair for the affirmative to not defend the entire resolution as stated and also that doing so is not consistent with the grammar of the resolution. | ||