Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 615 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) clear reasoning (c) good use of time (d) answering opponents
2. 2.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) jokes, length, volume (b) content, style, strategy (c) dress, height, luck (d) speed, size, shouting
3. 3.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) good pace and pauses (d) strong evidence
4. 4.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 30, 31 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
6. 6.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
7. 7.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) relevant examples (b) a clear team plan (c) a clear, steady voice (d) linking with teammates
8. 8.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
9. 9.📝 The proposition team scores 203 marks and the opposition team scores 193 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
10. 10.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) linking with teammates (c) eye contact (d) correct facts
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear team plan (c) strong evidence (d) correct facts
13. 13.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
14. 14.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good use of time (b) clear reasoning (c) a clear, steady voice (d) correct facts
15. 15.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
17. 17.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) strong evidence (b) confident posture (c) correct facts (d) answering opponents
18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 20, 26 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
19. 19.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
20. 20.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 36 for content, 31 for style and 79 in all. How many marks for strategy?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) relevant examples (c) correct facts (d) linking with teammates
22. 22.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) judges dislike it (b) it is not allowed (c) it shows good strategy (d) it wastes time
23. 23.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 38 for style and 70 in all. How many marks for strategy?
24. 24.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 24 for content, 37 for style and 74 in all. How many marks for strategy?
26. 26.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 20 and 12. 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 24, 34 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
29. 29.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) clear reasoning (b) eye contact (c) good use of time (d) a clear, steady voice
30. 30.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) confident posture (b) clear reasoning (c) strong evidence (d) answering opponents
31. 31.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) correct facts (d) a clear team plan
32. 32.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
33. 33.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
34. 34.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) good arguments (c) the loudest voice (d) the longest speech
35. 35.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 23 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
36. 36.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) strong evidence (b) correct facts (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear team plan
37. 37.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 20, 35 and 13. What is the total out of 100?
38. 38.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) a clear, steady voice (c) clear reasoning (d) relevant examples
39. 39.📝 The proposition team scores 260 marks and the opposition team scores 255 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
40. 40.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False

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