Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 172 · 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) speed, size, shouting (b) dress, height, luck (c) jokes, length, volume (d) content, style, strategy
2. 2.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) eye contact (c) strong evidence (d) a clear, steady voice
3. 3.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 33, 30 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
4. 4.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) a clear team plan (c) confident posture (d) good use of time
6. 6.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) answering opponents (b) strong evidence (c) a clear, steady voice (d) correct facts
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) strong evidence (c) linking with teammates (d) correct facts
8. 8.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) fancy clothes (c) the loudest voice (d) good arguments
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) good pace and pauses (c) good use of time (d) linking with teammates
10. 10.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) relevant examples (c) correct facts (d) clear reasoning
12. 12.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 35 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) relevant examples (d) a clear team plan
14. 14.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
15. 15.📝 The proposition team scores 224 marks and the opposition team scores 227 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) a clear, steady voice (d) strong evidence
17. 17.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 20 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
18. 18.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
19. 19.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 20, 24 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
20. 20.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
23. 23.📝 The proposition team scores 188 marks and the opposition team scores 184 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 35, 22 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
25. 25.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
26. 26.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
27. 27.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 37 for style and 75 in all. How many marks for strategy?
28. 28.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
29. 29.📝 The proposition team scores 180 marks and the opposition team scores 182 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
30. 30.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 29 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
31. 31.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 38, 30 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
32. 32.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 35 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) clear reasoning (c) correct facts (d) strong evidence
34. 34.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it wastes time (b) it is not allowed (c) judges dislike it (d) it shows good strategy
35. 35.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 38 for content, 35 for style and 91 in all. How many marks for strategy?
36. 36.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 36, 39 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
38. 38.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good use of time (b) good pace and pauses (c) relevant examples (d) answering opponents
39. 39.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 26 for style and 69 in all. How many marks for strategy?
40. 40.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 35 and 16. What is the total out of 100?

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