Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 278 · 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 give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 21 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) a clear team plan (c) relevant examples (d) good use of time
4. 4.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 28 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
5. 5.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 20 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
6. 6.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) linking with teammates (b) relevant examples (c) correct facts (d) strong evidence
7. 7.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
9. 9.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
10. 10.📝 The proposition team scores 243 marks and the opposition team scores 240 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
11. 11.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
12. 12.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the loudest voice (b) the longest speech (c) fancy clothes (d) good arguments
13. 13.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) answering opponents (b) strong evidence (c) linking with teammates (d) eye contact
14. 14.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
15. 15.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 40 for style and 72 in all. How many marks for strategy?
17. 17.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
18. 18.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 33 for content, 22 for style and 66 in all. How many marks for strategy?
19. 19.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 38 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
20. 20.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) correct facts (b) good pace and pauses (c) relevant examples (d) strong evidence
21. 21.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 33 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
23. 23.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 29 for content, 40 for style and 86 in all. How many marks for strategy?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) confident posture (c) a clear team plan (d) linking with teammates
25. 25.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) confident posture (c) strong evidence (d) a clear team plan
26. 26.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) a clear, steady voice (c) correct facts (d) linking with teammates
27. 27.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 38 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
29. 29.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) judges dislike it (b) it is not allowed (c) it wastes time (d) it shows good strategy
30. 30.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
32. 32.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 21 for content, 30 for style and 68 in all. How many marks for strategy?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) a clear team plan (c) good use of time (d) linking with teammates
34. 34.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) good use of time
36. 36.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) a clear team plan (b) clear reasoning (c) confident posture (d) good pace and pauses
37. 37.📝 The proposition team scores 248 marks and the opposition team scores 241 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
38. 38.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 31 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
39. 39.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 27 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
40. 40.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False

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