Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 67 · 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) eye contact (b) correct facts (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear team plan
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
3. 3.📝 The proposition team scores 219 marks and the opposition team scores 224 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
4. 4.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 36 for content, 33 for style and 83 in all. How many marks for strategy?
5. 5.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) linking with teammates (b) confident posture (c) relevant examples (d) eye contact
6. 6.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) eye contact (b) linking with teammates (c) strong evidence (d) a clear team plan
7. 7.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) eye contact (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear, steady voice (d) correct facts
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) strong evidence (c) correct facts (d) clear reasoning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) correct facts (c) clear reasoning (d) answering opponents
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) strong evidence (c) a clear team plan (d) answering opponents
11. 11.📝 The proposition team scores 201 marks and the opposition team scores 195 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
12. 12.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 25 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) confident posture (c) correct facts (d) clear reasoning
14. 14.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) strong evidence (b) clear reasoning (c) confident posture (d) good use of time
15. 15.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) answering opponents (c) strong evidence (d) eye contact
16. 16.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 31 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) eye contact (d) correct facts
18. 18.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) good use of time (c) a clear, steady voice (d) clear reasoning
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) eye contact (c) relevant examples (d) good pace and pauses
22. 22.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) dress, height, luck (b) speed, size, shouting (c) content, style, strategy (d) jokes, length, volume
24. 24.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 23 and 11. 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 23, 32 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
26. 26.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
27. 27.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
28. 28.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it shows good strategy (b) it is not allowed (c) judges dislike it (d) it wastes time
29. 29.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) good arguments (c) the loudest voice (d) the longest speech
30. 30.📝 The proposition team scores 248 marks and the opposition team scores 252 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
31. 31.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 26 for content, 22 for style and 59 in all. How many marks for strategy?
32. 32.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) answering opponents (b) good pace and pauses (c) a clear team plan (d) good use of time
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) relevant examples (c) clear reasoning (d) correct facts
35. 35.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
36. 36.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 38, 25 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) a clear, steady voice (c) a clear team plan (d) answering opponents
38. 38.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 The proposition team scores 192 marks and the opposition team scores 177 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
40. 40.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) strategy (c) content

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