Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 739 · 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.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 24 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
2. 2.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) a clear team plan (c) clear reasoning (d) eye contact
3. 3.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good use of time (b) eye contact (c) answering opponents (d) clear reasoning
4. 4.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
5. 5.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) good use of time (c) good pace and pauses (d) strong evidence
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) a clear team plan (c) relevant examples (d) good use of time
7. 7.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it wastes time (b) it is not allowed (c) judges dislike it (d) it shows good strategy
8. 8.True or false: “good pace and pauses” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) a clear team plan (c) a clear, steady voice (d) linking with teammates
11. 11.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) strong evidence (c) answering opponents (d) relevant examples
13. 13.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
14. 14.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 38, 32 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
15. 15.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) the loudest voice (c) fancy clothes (d) good arguments
16. 16.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 37 for style and 68 in all. How many marks for strategy?
17. 17.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 22 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
19. 19.📝 The proposition team scores 221 marks and the opposition team scores 232 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
20. 20.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) answering opponents (c) good pace and pauses (d) good use of time
22. 22.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear team plan (c) correct facts (d) good pace and pauses
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) a clear, steady voice (c) confident posture (d) strong evidence
24. 24.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) good pace and pauses (c) eye contact (d) correct facts
26. 26.📝 The proposition team scores 213 marks and the opposition team scores 209 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
27. 27.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
28. 28.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 26 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
29. 29.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) good use of time (b) eye contact (c) relevant examples (d) answering opponents
30. 30.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) a clear, steady voice (c) good pace and pauses (d) strong evidence
31. 31.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 23 for content, 25 for style and 62 in all. How many marks for strategy?
32. 32.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) a clear team plan (d) clear reasoning
34. 34.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) jokes, length, volume (b) speed, size, shouting (c) dress, height, luck (d) content, style, strategy
35. 35.📝 The proposition team scores 193 marks and the opposition team scores 192 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
36. 36.📝 The proposition team scores 199 marks and the opposition team scores 212 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
37. 37.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 22 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
38. 38.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) linking with teammates (b) relevant examples (c) a clear, steady voice (d) confident posture
39. 39.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 30, 38 and 14. What is the total out of 100?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) linking with teammates (c) eye contact (d) confident posture

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