Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 40 · 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.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
2. 2.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) jokes, length, volume (b) dress, height, luck (c) content, style, strategy (d) speed, size, shouting
3. 3.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 20 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
4. 4.📝 The proposition team scores 228 marks and the opposition team scores 242 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
5. 5.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) answering opponents (b) strong evidence (c) confident posture (d) a clear, steady voice
6. 6.📝 The proposition team scores 197 marks and the opposition team scores 200 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
7. 7.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) correct facts (c) linking with teammates (d) a clear team plan
10. 10.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 20 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
11. 11.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 23 for content, 23 for style and 56 in all. How many marks for strategy?
12. 12.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
13. 13.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
14. 14.📝 The proposition team scores 243 marks and the opposition team scores 252 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
15. 15.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good use of time (b) relevant examples (c) confident posture (d) good pace and pauses
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) good use of time (c) clear reasoning (d) correct facts
18. 18.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) fancy clothes (c) the loudest voice (d) good arguments
19. 19.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) answering opponents (b) a clear team plan (c) linking with teammates (d) correct facts
20. 20.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it is not allowed (b) it wastes time (c) judges dislike it (d) it shows good strategy
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) linking with teammates (c) strong evidence (d) correct facts
22. 22.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 38 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) a clear, steady voice
24. 24.📝 The proposition team scores 203 marks and the opposition team scores 196 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
25. 25.📝 The proposition team scores 247 marks and the opposition team scores 233 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
26. 26.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) clear reasoning (c) linking with teammates (d) answering opponents
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) eye contact (c) a clear team plan (d) good use of time
29. 29.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 32 for content, 22 for style and 70 in all. How many marks for strategy?
31. 31.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) strong evidence (b) answering opponents (c) a clear team plan (d) confident posture
32. 32.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) relevant examples (c) strong evidence (d) a clear team plan
35. 35.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 36 for content, 34 for style and 89 in all. How many marks for strategy?
36. 36.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) linking with teammates (b) clear reasoning (c) correct facts (d) a clear, steady voice
37. 37.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) clear reasoning (c) relevant examples (d) eye contact
38. 38.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 21 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
39. 39.📝 The proposition team scores 257 marks and the opposition team scores 259 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
40. 40.📝 The proposition team scores 203 marks and the opposition team scores 205 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?

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