Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 594 · 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.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) strong evidence (d) good use of time
2. 2.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 21 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
3. 3.📝 The proposition team scores 238 marks and the opposition team scores 227 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
4. 4.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) linking with teammates (b) confident posture (c) good pace and pauses (d) correct facts
5. 5.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 20, 28 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
6. 6.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 21 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
7. 7.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) a clear team plan (b) clear reasoning (c) strong evidence (d) good pace and pauses
8. 8.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) a clear, steady voice (c) eye contact (d) clear reasoning
9. 9.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) clear reasoning (c) relevant examples (d) good pace and pauses
11. 11.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) dress, height, luck (b) jokes, length, volume (c) speed, size, shouting (d) content, style, strategy
12. 12.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good use of time (b) eye contact (c) strong evidence (d) linking with teammates
13. 13.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 30, 27 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) confident posture (d) eye contact
15. 15.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 27 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
16. 16.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
17. 17.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 22 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
18. 18.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 26 for content, 29 for style and 67 in all. How many marks for strategy?
19. 19.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) correct facts (c) good use of time (d) strong evidence
20. 20.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
21. 21.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 38 for content, 23 for style and 76 in all. How many marks for strategy?
22. 22.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 38 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
24. 24.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 32 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
25. 25.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 37, 30 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
26. 26.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) linking with teammates (b) strong evidence (c) good pace and pauses (d) answering opponents
27. 27.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 31 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
28. 28.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 20 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
29. 29.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) linking with teammates (b) relevant examples (c) correct facts (d) confident posture
31. 31.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) eye contact (b) relevant examples (c) good pace and pauses (d) answering opponents
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) relevant examples (c) a clear team plan (d) correct facts
33. 33.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 37, 22 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
34. 34.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it wastes time (b) judges dislike it (c) it shows good strategy (d) it is not allowed
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) good pace and pauses (c) relevant examples (d) eye contact
36. 36.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) fancy clothes (c) the loudest voice (d) good arguments
37. 37.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
38. 38.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 27 for content, 21 for style and 59 in all. How many marks for strategy?
39. 39.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 20 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
40. 40.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 22 for content, 24 for style and 58 in all. How many marks for strategy?

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