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Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 530 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it is not allowed (b) it shows good strategy (c) it wastes time (d) judges dislike it
  2. 2.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) answering opponents (b) eye contact (c) correct facts (d) a clear, steady voice
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) a clear, steady voice (c) a clear team plan (d) answering opponents
  4. 4.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good use of time (b) strong evidence (c) a clear, steady voice (d) a clear team plan
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) clear reasoning (c) confident posture (d) correct facts
  6. 6.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
  7. 7.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 26 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
  9. 9.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
  11. 11.📝 The proposition team scores 256 marks and the opposition team scores 269 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  12. 12.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) content, style, strategy (b) jokes, length, volume (c) dress, height, luck (d) speed, size, shouting
  13. 13.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 23 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) clear reasoning (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear, steady voice
  17. 17.📝 The proposition team scores 224 marks and the opposition team scores 231 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  18. 18.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) fancy clothes (c) the loudest voice (d) good arguments
  19. 19.📝 The proposition team scores 223 marks and the opposition team scores 225 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  20. 20.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 38, 21 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
  21. 21.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good use of time (b) correct facts (c) eye contact (d) strong evidence
  22. 22.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📝 The proposition team scores 207 marks and the opposition team scores 213 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  24. 24.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
  26. 26.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) eye contact (b) strong evidence (c) correct facts (d) linking with teammates
  29. 29.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
  32. 32.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear team plan (c) correct facts (d) relevant examples
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) a clear, steady voice (c) answering opponents (d) confident posture
  35. 35.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 25 for style and 62 in all. How many marks for strategy?
  36. 36.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📝 The proposition team scores 206 marks and the opposition team scores 203 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  40. 40.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style

Answer key

  1. it shows good strategy
  2. correct facts
  3. a clear, steady voice
  4. a clear, steady voice
  5. confident posture
  6. strategy
  7. False
  8. 69
  9. True
  10. content
  11. 13
  12. content, style, strategy
  13. True
  14. True
  15. 65
  16. clear reasoning
  17. 7
  18. good arguments
  19. 2
  20. 78
  21. eye contact
  22. True
  23. 6
  24. False
  25. strategy
  26. False
  27. False
  28. linking with teammates
  29. False
  30. True
  31. strategy
  32. strategy
  33. a clear team plan
  34. answering opponents
  35. 17
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. 3
  40. style

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