Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 286 · 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) a clear team plan (b) answering opponents (c) clear reasoning (d) linking with teammates
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
3. 3.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) content, style, strategy (b) dress, height, luck (c) speed, size, shouting (d) jokes, length, volume
4. 4.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 27 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
5. 5.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) a clear team plan (c) answering opponents (d) linking with teammates
8. 8.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
9. 9.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) judges dislike it (b) it wastes time (c) it is not allowed (d) it shows good strategy
10. 10.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
12. 12.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) a clear, steady voice (c) good pace and pauses (d) eye contact
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) eye contact (c) confident posture (d) a clear, steady voice
15. 15.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) good pace and pauses (c) confident posture (d) correct facts
16. 16.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) clear reasoning (c) good use of time (d) good pace and pauses
17. 17.📝 The proposition team scores 208 marks and the opposition team scores 222 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
18. 18.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
19. 19.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
20. 20.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) answering opponents (b) eye contact (c) strong evidence (d) linking with teammates
21. 21.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 20, 39 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
22. 22.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) good arguments (b) the longest speech (c) the loudest voice (d) fancy clothes
23. 23.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 32 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
24. 24.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 20 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
25. 25.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
26. 26.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 30 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
27. 27.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 25 for style and 61 in all. How many marks for strategy?
28. 28.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 32 for content, 20 for style and 63 in all. How many marks for strategy?
29. 29.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
30. 30.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 34 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
31. 31.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
32. 32.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 23 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
33. 33.📝 The proposition team scores 231 marks and the opposition team scores 236 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
34. 34.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 27 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) relevant examples (c) clear reasoning (d) strong evidence
36. 36.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) strong evidence (b) linking with teammates (c) confident posture (d) good use of time
37. 37.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 34 for content, 38 for style and 87 in all. How many marks for strategy?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) confident posture (c) linking with teammates (d) good use of time
39. 39.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 40 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
40. 40.📝 The proposition team scores 222 marks and the opposition team scores 211 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?

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