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Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 367 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) speed, size, shouting (b) jokes, length, volume (c) content, style, strategy (d) dress, height, luck
  2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
  3. 3.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) clear reasoning (c) a clear team plan (d) relevant examples
  6. 6.📝 The proposition team scores 205 marks and the opposition team scores 211 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) good use of time (d) strong evidence
  8. 8.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) eye contact (b) linking with teammates (c) confident posture (d) correct facts
  9. 9.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 30 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
  10. 10.True or false: “correct facts” 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.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) confident posture (c) answering opponents (d) eye contact
  14. 14.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) good arguments (b) the loudest voice (c) fancy clothes (d) the longest speech
  15. 15.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) good use of time (c) linking with teammates (d) a clear, steady voice
  17. 17.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 24 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
  18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 20 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
  19. 19.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📝 The proposition team scores 211 marks and the opposition team scores 219 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  21. 21.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 23 for content, 36 for style and 74 in all. How many marks for strategy?
  22. 22.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
  23. 23.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) answering opponents (b) a clear, steady voice (c) clear reasoning (d) confident posture
  25. 25.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) confident posture (c) a clear team plan (d) linking with teammates
  27. 27.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) eye contact (b) a clear, steady voice (c) good pace and pauses (d) good use of time
  28. 28.📝 The proposition team scores 187 marks and the opposition team scores 182 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  29. 29.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
  31. 31.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📝 The proposition team scores 189 marks and the opposition team scores 184 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) correct facts (c) a clear team plan (d) good use of time
  34. 34.📝 The proposition team scores 185 marks and the opposition team scores 197 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  35. 35.📝 The proposition team scores 246 marks and the opposition team scores 250 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  36. 36.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
  38. 38.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) linking with teammates (b) confident posture (c) correct facts (d) relevant examples
  40. 40.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it is not allowed (b) it shows good strategy (c) it wastes time (d) judges dislike it

Answer key

  1. content, style, strategy
  2. content
  3. True
  4. strategy
  5. a clear team plan
  6. 6
  7. strong evidence
  8. correct facts
  9. 62
  10. True
  11. style
  12. False
  13. answering opponents
  14. good arguments
  15. False
  16. a clear, steady voice
  17. 63
  18. 66
  19. True
  20. 8
  21. 15
  22. content
  23. True
  24. clear reasoning
  25. content
  26. confident posture
  27. good use of time
  28. 5
  29. False
  30. strategy
  31. False
  32. 5
  33. correct facts
  34. 12
  35. 4
  36. True
  37. content
  38. True
  39. linking with teammates
  40. it shows good strategy

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