Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 110 · 40 questions

Debater's tip (What, how and the plan): Content (what you say): evidence, reasoning, examples, facts. Style (how you say it): voice, eye contact, posture, pace. Strategy (how you plan): team plan, answering opponents, time, teamwork. Total = content + style + strategy; winning margin = bigger total − smaller total.

1. 1.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 22 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
3. 3.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
4. 4.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good use of time (b) linking with teammates (c) strong evidence (d) confident posture
5. 5.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) judges dislike it (b) it wastes time (c) it shows good strategy (d) it is not allowed
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) relevant examples (c) eye contact (d) clear reasoning
7. 7.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) relevant examples (c) linking with teammates (d) eye contact
9. 9.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) confident posture (c) correct facts (d) relevant examples
11. 11.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 27 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
12. 12.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) eye contact (b) clear reasoning (c) linking with teammates (d) answering opponents
13. 13.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 38, 29 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
15. 15.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) jokes, length, volume (b) dress, height, luck (c) content, style, strategy (d) speed, size, shouting
17. 17.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
18. 18.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) confident posture (b) a clear team plan (c) answering opponents (d) relevant examples
19. 19.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 39 for content, 28 for style and 79 in all. How many marks for strategy?
20. 20.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
21. 21.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) eye contact (c) linking with teammates (d) correct facts
22. 22.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) linking with teammates (b) a clear team plan (c) good pace and pauses (d) strong evidence
23. 23.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 24 for content, 31 for style and 74 in all. How many marks for strategy?
25. 25.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) relevant examples (d) linking with teammates
26. 26.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 37 for content, 27 for style and 74 in all. How many marks for strategy?
28. 28.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 26 for content, 32 for style and 78 in all. How many marks for strategy?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) good pace and pauses (c) a clear, steady voice (d) eye contact
30. 30.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) strong evidence (b) clear reasoning (c) eye contact (d) answering opponents
31. 31.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 21 for style and 68 in all. How many marks for strategy?
32. 32.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
33. 33.📝 The proposition team scores 239 marks and the opposition team scores 227 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) good pace and pauses (c) eye contact (d) strong evidence
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) confident posture (c) a clear team plan (d) a clear, steady voice
36. 36.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 37, 38 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
37. 37.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 36 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
38. 38.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
39. 39.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 30, 29 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
40. 40.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False

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