Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 371 · 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.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) jokes, length, volume (b) speed, size, shouting (c) dress, height, luck (d) content, style, strategy
2. 2.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good use of time (b) linking with teammates (c) strong evidence (d) a clear team plan
3. 3.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 31, 27 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
4. 4.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) confident posture (b) relevant examples (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
5. 5.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 31, 24 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
6. 6.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) good arguments (c) the loudest voice (d) the longest speech
7. 7.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) clear reasoning (c) confident posture (d) linking with teammates
8. 8.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) strong evidence (b) good use of time (c) correct facts (d) eye contact
9. 9.📝 The proposition team scores 203 marks and the opposition team scores 195 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) answering opponents (c) correct facts (d) a clear team plan
11. 11.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) clear reasoning (c) a clear, steady voice (d) linking with teammates
12. 12.📝 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
13. 13.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) relevant examples (b) clear reasoning (c) linking with teammates (d) confident posture
14. 14.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 25 for content, 29 for style and 68 in all. How many marks for strategy?
15. 15.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
17. 17.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) eye contact (c) answering opponents (d) linking with teammates
20. 20.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 36, 22 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
21. 21.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 26 for style and 71 in all. How many marks for strategy?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) a clear, steady voice (d) correct facts
23. 23.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) eye contact (b) answering opponents (c) a clear, steady voice (d) good pace and pauses
25. 25.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 22 for content, 28 for style and 67 in all. How many marks for strategy?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) clear reasoning (c) relevant examples (d) correct facts
27. 27.📝 The proposition team scores 222 marks and the opposition team scores 236 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
28. 28.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 21 for content, 24 for style and 64 in all. How many marks for strategy?
29. 29.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
30. 30.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
31. 31.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) eye contact (b) confident posture (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
33. 33.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) relevant examples (b) linking with teammates (c) confident posture (d) a clear, steady voice
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) a clear, steady voice (d) answering opponents
35. 35.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 The proposition team scores 190 marks and the opposition team scores 187 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
37. 37.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) relevant examples (d) good use of time
38. 38.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 37 for content, 39 for style and 90 in all. How many marks for strategy?
39. 39.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
40. 40.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False

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