Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 491 · 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 “answering opponents” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
2. 2.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 20 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
3. 3.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) speed, size, shouting (b) dress, height, luck (c) jokes, length, volume (d) content, style, strategy
4. 4.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) linking with teammates (b) good pace and pauses (c) correct facts (d) a clear, steady voice
5. 5.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) good arguments (b) the loudest voice (c) the longest speech (d) fancy clothes
6. 6.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good use of time (b) good pace and pauses (c) relevant examples (d) a clear, steady voice
7. 7.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 The proposition team scores 225 marks and the opposition team scores 235 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
9. 9.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) a clear, steady voice (c) good pace and pauses (d) good use of time
13. 13.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) strong evidence
15. 15.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 28 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
17. 17.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 21 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
19. 19.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 25 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) correct facts (c) clear reasoning (d) strong evidence
21. 21.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) answering opponents (b) good use of time (c) a clear, steady voice (d) clear reasoning
22. 22.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 23 for style and 59 in all. How many marks for strategy?
23. 23.📝 The proposition team scores 217 marks and the opposition team scores 225 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
24. 24.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) strong evidence (b) linking with teammates (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear, steady voice
27. 27.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
28. 28.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 24 for style and 55 in all. How many marks for strategy?
29. 29.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) clear reasoning (c) strong evidence (d) relevant examples
33. 33.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 37, 26 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
34. 34.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 28, 24 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
35. 35.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 33 for content, 38 for style and 91 in all. How many marks for strategy?
36. 36.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
37. 37.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 26 for content, 36 for style and 77 in all. How many marks for strategy?
38. 38.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 29, 25 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
39. 39.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📝 The proposition team scores 212 marks and the opposition team scores 224 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?

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