Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 691 · 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.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) strong evidence (c) clear reasoning (d) correct facts
4. 4.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) dress, height, luck (b) jokes, length, volume (c) speed, size, shouting (d) content, style, strategy
5. 5.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 39 for content, 21 for style and 74 in all. How many marks for strategy?
6. 6.📝 The proposition team scores 235 marks and the opposition team scores 237 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
7. 7.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
8. 8.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 21 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
10. 10.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) correct facts (c) strong evidence (d) good use of time
11. 11.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) relevant examples (b) good pace and pauses (c) a clear, steady voice (d) eye contact
13. 13.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) correct facts (c) relevant examples (d) a clear team plan
15. 15.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) eye contact (b) strong evidence (c) good use of time (d) clear reasoning
16. 16.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 22 for content, 28 for style and 62 in all. How many marks for strategy?
17. 17.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 30, 27 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
19. 19.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) linking with teammates (b) eye contact (c) clear reasoning (d) relevant examples
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) clear reasoning (c) relevant examples (d) correct facts
21. 21.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) correct facts (b) eye contact (c) a clear team plan (d) good use of time
23. 23.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) correct facts (c) a clear, steady voice (d) confident posture
26. 26.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 25 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
27. 27.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it wastes time (b) it shows good strategy (c) it is not allowed (d) judges dislike it
28. 28.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) a clear team plan (c) confident posture (d) strong evidence
29. 29.📝 The proposition team scores 231 marks and the opposition team scores 236 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
30. 30.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) relevant examples (c) strong evidence (d) clear reasoning
32. 32.📝 The proposition team scores 219 marks and the opposition team scores 211 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
33. 33.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 37 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
34. 34.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
35. 35.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 37 for content, 22 for style and 71 in all. How many marks for strategy?
36. 36.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 36 for style and 75 in all. How many marks for strategy?
37. 37.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) correct facts (b) a clear team plan (c) linking with teammates (d) eye contact
38. 38.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
39. 39.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 24 for content, 26 for style and 68 in all. How many marks for strategy?
40. 40.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy

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