Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 645 · 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.📝 The proposition team scores 189 marks and the opposition team scores 196 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) good use of time (c) a clear team plan (d) good pace and pauses
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) strong evidence (c) relevant examples (d) confident posture
5. 5.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
6. 6.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 21 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
8. 8.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good use of time (b) eye contact (c) confident posture (d) relevant examples
9. 9.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
10. 10.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 38 for style and 79 in all. How many marks for strategy?
11. 11.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good use of time (b) good pace and pauses (c) relevant examples (d) eye contact
13. 13.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
15. 15.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) linking with teammates (c) eye contact (d) relevant examples
16. 16.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 25 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
17. 17.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
19. 19.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 28 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
20. 20.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) linking with teammates (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear, steady voice
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) good pace and pauses (d) good use of time
22. 22.📝 The proposition team scores 189 marks and the opposition team scores 185 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
23. 23.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 23 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 32, 35 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
25. 25.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) good arguments (c) the longest speech (d) the loudest voice
26. 26.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) strong evidence (b) answering opponents (c) a clear team plan (d) good use of time
27. 27.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 20 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
28. 28.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear team plan (c) relevant examples (d) correct facts
30. 30.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) answering opponents (c) good use of time (d) good pace and pauses
31. 31.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) speed, size, shouting (b) jokes, length, volume (c) dress, height, luck (d) content, style, strategy
32. 32.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 40 for content, 34 for style and 91 in all. How many marks for strategy?
33. 33.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
34. 34.📝 The proposition team scores 198 marks and the opposition team scores 191 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
35. 35.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 40 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
37. 37.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 The proposition team scores 212 marks and the opposition team scores 216 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
40. 40.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 30 for content, 25 for style and 72 in all. How many marks for strategy?

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