Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 130 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) good use of time (c) linking with teammates (d) correct facts
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
3. 3.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 37 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
4. 4.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 37, 29 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
5. 5.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) a clear team plan (b) confident posture (c) a clear, steady voice (d) good pace and pauses
6. 6.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the loudest voice (b) fancy clothes (c) the longest speech (d) good arguments
7. 7.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 29 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
8. 8.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 35 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
9. 9.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
10. 10.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it is not allowed (b) it wastes time (c) judges dislike it (d) it shows good strategy
11. 11.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) clear reasoning (c) a clear team plan (d) eye contact
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) good pace and pauses (c) confident posture (d) a clear, steady voice
13. 13.📝 The proposition team scores 188 marks and the opposition team scores 200 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
14. 14.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 35 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
15. 15.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 38 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
17. 17.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) correct facts (d) good pace and pauses
20. 20.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
21. 21.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 24 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
22. 22.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 23 for content, 39 for style and 77 in all. How many marks for strategy?
24. 24.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 22 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
25. 25.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 21 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
29. 29.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
30. 30.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
31. 31.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) eye contact (b) a clear team plan (c) correct facts (d) good use of time
32. 32.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
34. 34.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 34, 29 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
35. 35.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
36. 36.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) eye contact (b) answering opponents (c) strong evidence (d) confident posture
37. 37.📝 The proposition team scores 181 marks and the opposition team scores 180 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
38. 38.📝 The proposition team scores 205 marks and the opposition team scores 202 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear, steady voice (d) good use of time
40. 40.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False

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