Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 349 · 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 of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) good use of time (c) clear reasoning (d) eye contact
2. 2.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) a clear, steady voice (c) eye contact (d) answering opponents
5. 5.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 22 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
6. 6.📝 The proposition team scores 180 marks and the opposition team scores 191 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
7. 7.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 38 for content, 32 for style and 84 in all. How many marks for strategy?
8. 8.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) clear reasoning (c) correct facts (d) eye contact
10. 10.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) jokes, length, volume (b) dress, height, luck (c) content, style, strategy (d) speed, size, shouting
11. 11.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
12. 12.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) eye contact (c) a clear team plan (d) clear reasoning
13. 13.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 35 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
14. 14.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) linking with teammates (b) confident posture (c) strong evidence (d) good use of time
15. 15.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 38 for content, 20 for style and 73 in all. How many marks for strategy?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) relevant examples (c) good pace and pauses (d) correct facts
17. 17.📝 The proposition team scores 202 marks and the opposition team scores 212 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
18. 18.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 37 for style and 83 in all. How many marks for strategy?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) confident posture (c) good use of time (d) linking with teammates
22. 22.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) relevant examples (c) strong evidence (d) a clear, steady voice
23. 23.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) linking with teammates (b) clear reasoning (c) relevant examples (d) correct facts
24. 24.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) the loudest voice (c) good arguments (d) the longest speech
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) good pace and pauses (d) relevant examples
26. 26.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) correct facts (b) good use of time (c) eye contact (d) answering opponents
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) correct facts (c) eye contact (d) good pace and pauses
28. 28.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) confident posture (d) answering opponents
30. 30.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 34, 21 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
31. 31.📝 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
32. 32.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 30 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
33. 33.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
35. 35.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 24 for style and 68 in all. How many marks for strategy?
36. 36.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 34, 38 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
37. 37.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
38. 38.📝 The proposition team scores 197 marks and the opposition team scores 195 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) relevant examples (c) correct facts (d) linking with teammates
40. 40.📝 The proposition team scores 193 marks and the opposition team scores 196 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?

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