Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 13 · 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.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) content, style, strategy (b) dress, height, luck (c) jokes, length, volume (d) speed, size, shouting
2. 2.📝 The proposition team scores 190 marks and the opposition team scores 192 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
3. 3.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 29 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
4. 4.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) answering opponents (c) a clear team plan (d) linking with teammates
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) confident posture (c) eye contact (d) a clear, steady voice
7. 7.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 22 for content, 25 for style and 60 in all. How many marks for strategy?
8. 8.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) clear reasoning (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) eye contact
9. 9.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) the loudest voice (c) fancy clothes (d) good arguments
10. 10.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) a clear team plan (c) answering opponents (d) good pace and pauses
12. 12.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 21 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
13. 13.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 37 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
14. 14.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
15. 15.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) confident posture (c) a clear, steady voice (d) linking with teammates
17. 17.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 28, 32 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
18. 18.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 35 for content, 32 for style and 84 in all. How many marks for strategy?
21. 21.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) answering opponents (d) relevant examples
23. 23.📝 The proposition team scores 197 marks and the opposition team scores 203 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
24. 24.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 23 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
25. 25.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) confident posture (c) a clear, steady voice (d) good pace and pauses
27. 27.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) correct facts (b) good use of time (c) eye contact (d) a clear team plan
28. 28.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) good use of time (c) strong evidence (d) good pace and pauses
29. 29.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 33 for content, 33 for style and 79 in all. How many marks for strategy?
30. 30.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 33 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
31. 31.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) answering opponents (b) relevant examples (c) strong evidence (d) good pace and pauses
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) relevant examples (c) strong evidence (d) a clear, steady voice
34. 34.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 37 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
35. 35.📝 The proposition team scores 254 marks and the opposition team scores 262 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) good use of time (c) answering opponents (d) linking with teammates
37. 37.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
38. 38.📝 The proposition team scores 230 marks and the opposition team scores 220 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
39. 39.📝 The proposition team scores 257 marks and the opposition team scores 250 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
40. 40.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 29 for content, 23 for style and 64 in all. How many marks for strategy?

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