Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 150 · 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 mostly reward… (a) the loudest voice (b) fancy clothes (c) the longest speech (d) good arguments
2. 2.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) eye contact (c) a clear team plan (d) strong evidence
3. 3.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good use of time (b) a clear team plan (c) linking with teammates (d) strong evidence
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) strong evidence (d) a clear team plan
6. 6.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
7. 7.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
8. 8.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) dress, height, luck (b) speed, size, shouting (c) jokes, length, volume (d) content, style, strategy
9. 9.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) clear reasoning
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) confident posture (c) a clear, steady voice (d) correct facts
12. 12.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 27 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
13. 13.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) a clear team plan (c) relevant examples (d) strong evidence
15. 15.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
16. 16.📝 The proposition team scores 223 marks and the opposition team scores 230 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
17. 17.📝 The proposition team scores 202 marks and the opposition team scores 204 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
18. 18.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
19. 19.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 34, 30 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
20. 20.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) linking with teammates (c) relevant examples (d) answering opponents
21. 21.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 22 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
22. 22.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
23. 23.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 22 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) linking with teammates (d) clear reasoning
25. 25.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 34, 34 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
26. 26.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
27. 27.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 25 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
28. 28.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it shows good strategy (b) it is not allowed (c) judges dislike it (d) it wastes time
29. 29.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) linking with teammates (b) strong evidence (c) a clear team plan (d) eye contact
32. 32.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📝 The proposition team scores 213 marks and the opposition team scores 227 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
34. 34.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 25 for content, 25 for style and 60 in all. How many marks for strategy?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) linking with teammates (c) eye contact (d) good use of time
36. 36.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 34, 28 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
37. 37.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 25 for content, 35 for style and 72 in all. How many marks for strategy?
38. 38.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
40. 40.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 26 and 16. What is the total out of 100?

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