Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 263 · 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.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
2. 2.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 22 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
3. 3.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) eye contact (b) answering opponents (c) good pace and pauses (d) correct facts
4. 4.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) answering opponents (c) a clear team plan (d) clear reasoning
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) strong evidence (c) a clear, steady voice (d) clear reasoning
7. 7.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) dress, height, luck (b) jokes, length, volume (c) speed, size, shouting (d) content, style, strategy
8. 8.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) a clear team plan (b) correct facts (c) relevant examples (d) strong evidence
9. 9.📝 The proposition team scores 243 marks and the opposition team scores 231 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
10. 10.📝 The proposition team scores 249 marks and the opposition team scores 240 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
11. 11.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
12. 12.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) eye contact (b) strong evidence (c) confident posture (d) linking with teammates
14. 14.📝 The proposition team scores 244 marks and the opposition team scores 247 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
15. 15.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 25 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
17. 17.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) linking with teammates (c) confident posture (d) good pace and pauses
18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 39 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
19. 19.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good use of time (b) confident posture (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear, steady voice
21. 21.📝 The proposition team scores 232 marks and the opposition team scores 228 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
22. 22.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
23. 23.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
24. 24.📝 The proposition team scores 260 marks and the opposition team scores 263 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
25. 25.📝 The proposition team scores 238 marks and the opposition team scores 230 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
26. 26.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
27. 27.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 20, 20 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
28. 28.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 40 for content, 20 for style and 76 in all. How many marks for strategy?
29. 29.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) strong evidence (c) eye contact (d) a clear, steady voice
31. 31.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 30 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
32. 32.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
33. 33.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) correct facts (d) confident posture
36. 36.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) a clear, steady voice (c) good pace and pauses (d) confident posture
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) eye contact (c) good pace and pauses (d) confident posture
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) answering opponents (c) good pace and pauses (d) good use of time
40. 40.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True

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