Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 51 · 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 “eye contact” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
2. 2.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) judges dislike it (b) it is not allowed (c) it wastes time (d) it shows good strategy
3. 3.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
4. 4.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) answering opponents (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
6. 6.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 21 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
7. 7.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 37, 20 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
8. 8.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
11. 11.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) correct facts (c) linking with teammates (d) a clear team plan
13. 13.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
14. 14.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) content, style, strategy (b) dress, height, luck (c) jokes, length, volume (d) speed, size, shouting
15. 15.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) good arguments (b) the loudest voice (c) fancy clothes (d) the longest speech
16. 16.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 29 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) correct facts (c) a clear, steady voice (d) confident posture
18. 18.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) eye contact (c) strong evidence (d) good use of time
19. 19.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) good pace and pauses (c) good use of time (d) strong evidence
20. 20.📝 The proposition team scores 180 marks and the opposition team scores 182 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
21. 21.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
22. 22.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) correct facts (d) good use of time
23. 23.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 40 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
25. 25.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) linking with teammates (b) answering opponents (c) a clear, steady voice (d) relevant examples
26. 26.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) confident posture (c) answering opponents (d) a clear, steady voice
28. 28.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) a clear, steady voice (c) confident posture (d) answering opponents
29. 29.📝 The proposition team scores 254 marks and the opposition team scores 253 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
30. 30.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
31. 31.📝 The proposition team scores 202 marks and the opposition team scores 198 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) strong evidence (c) confident posture (d) eye contact
33. 33.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
34. 34.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 26 for content, 20 for style and 57 in all. How many marks for strategy?
35. 35.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) linking with teammates (c) strong evidence (d) clear reasoning
36. 36.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 23 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
37. 37.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) good pace and pauses (c) good use of time (d) eye contact
39. 39.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 35 for style and 69 in all. How many marks for strategy?
40. 40.📝 The proposition team scores 239 marks and the opposition team scores 251 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?

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