Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 523 · 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.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
3. 3.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
4. 4.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) good use of time
6. 6.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) confident posture (b) good use of time (c) a clear, steady voice (d) strong evidence
8. 8.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 39 for style and 89 in all. How many marks for strategy?
9. 9.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 30 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
10. 10.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) linking with teammates (b) a clear team plan (c) confident posture (d) correct facts
11. 11.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) relevant examples (c) good use of time (d) linking with teammates
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) relevant examples (d) good use of time
13. 13.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) relevant examples (b) linking with teammates (c) good pace and pauses (d) confident posture
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) confident posture (c) a clear, steady voice (d) correct facts
15. 15.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) eye contact (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear team plan
18. 18.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) strong evidence (b) answering opponents (c) confident posture (d) good pace and pauses
19. 19.📝 The proposition team scores 190 marks and the opposition team scores 201 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
20. 20.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) a clear, steady voice (c) linking with teammates (d) clear reasoning
21. 21.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) dress, height, luck (b) jokes, length, volume (c) speed, size, shouting (d) content, style, strategy
23. 23.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) fancy clothes (c) the loudest voice (d) good arguments
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) a clear, steady voice (c) answering opponents (d) good pace and pauses
25. 25.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 29 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
27. 27.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 40 for content, 24 for style and 81 in all. How many marks for strategy?
30. 30.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 33, 38 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
31. 31.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 35 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
32. 32.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
33. 33.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 33, 27 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) eye contact (c) a clear, steady voice (d) good use of time
35. 35.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 40 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) clear reasoning (c) eye contact (d) relevant examples
37. 37.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) clear reasoning (b) good pace and pauses (c) answering opponents (d) linking with teammates
38. 38.📝 The proposition team scores 189 marks and the opposition team scores 202 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
39. 39.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) strong evidence (b) correct facts (c) answering opponents (d) confident posture
40. 40.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True

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