Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 660 · 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 245 marks and the opposition team scores 254 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) answering opponents (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
3. 3.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) strong evidence (c) answering opponents (d) a clear team plan
5. 5.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
7. 7.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
8. 8.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) jokes, length, volume (b) speed, size, shouting (c) dress, height, luck (d) content, style, strategy
9. 9.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 32 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) answering opponents
11. 11.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) relevant examples (b) confident posture (c) eye contact (d) a clear team plan
12. 12.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
13. 13.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
14. 14.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 38 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
15. 15.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
16. 16.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) answering opponents (b) strong evidence (c) confident posture (d) good use of time
18. 18.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 The proposition team scores 255 marks and the opposition team scores 256 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
20. 20.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 26 for content, 32 for style and 75 in all. How many marks for strategy?
22. 22.📝 The proposition team scores 231 marks and the opposition team scores 242 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
23. 23.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 36 for style and 85 in all. How many marks for strategy?
24. 24.📝 The proposition team scores 180 marks and the opposition team scores 181 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
25. 25.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) clear reasoning (b) good pace and pauses (c) confident posture (d) good use of time
27. 27.📝 The proposition team scores 182 marks and the opposition team scores 197 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
28. 28.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) linking with teammates (c) good use of time (d) correct facts
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear, steady voice (d) good use of time
30. 30.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) eye contact (c) a clear, steady voice (d) good pace and pauses
32. 32.📝 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
33. 33.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) the loudest voice (c) the longest speech (d) good arguments
34. 34.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 30, 23 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
35. 35.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) eye contact (c) clear reasoning (d) linking with teammates
36. 36.📝 The proposition team scores 249 marks and the opposition team scores 240 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
37. 37.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 37 for content, 28 for style and 77 in all. How many marks for strategy?
38. 38.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
39. 39.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) strong evidence (b) a clear team plan (c) a clear, steady voice (d) confident posture
40. 40.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False

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