The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although the question is incomplete because it does not provide any specific reference or context to what debate it refers to, we can say that in any debate when someone challenged another speaker’s reasoning, evidence, ideas, or conclusion, this person has to answer and provide the support for its arguments to clarify any mistakes or attacks of the rival and pose another questions or accusations against its rival.
People who are debating have to use rhetoric devices in order to improve their message. That is why it is so important to have debates in school, yo develop the needed skills that are going to be used in the professional arena.
