Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 778 · 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 mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) the loudest voice (c) good arguments (d) the longest speech
2. 2.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) dress, height, luck (b) jokes, length, volume (c) content, style, strategy (d) speed, size, shouting
3. 3.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) good pace and pauses (c) a clear, steady voice (d) clear reasoning
5. 5.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
6. 6.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) correct facts (c) answering opponents (d) a clear, steady voice
7. 7.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 23 for content, 33 for style and 67 in all. How many marks for strategy?
8. 8.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) linking with teammates (c) confident posture (d) relevant examples
9. 9.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
10. 10.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) relevant examples (b) a clear team plan (c) good pace and pauses (d) answering opponents
11. 11.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 24 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
12. 12.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
13. 13.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 23, 21 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
15. 15.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
16. 16.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) strong evidence (b) good use of time (c) confident posture (d) a clear team plan
17. 17.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) clear reasoning (c) a clear team plan (d) good pace and pauses
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) good use of time (c) strong evidence (d) relevant examples
19. 19.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 31, 26 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
20. 20.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 24 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
21. 21.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
22. 22.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) strong evidence (c) relevant examples (d) confident posture
23. 23.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) judges dislike it (b) it wastes time (c) it is not allowed (d) it shows good strategy
24. 24.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
25. 25.📝 The proposition team scores 203 marks and the opposition team scores 209 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
26. 26.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 33 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
27. 27.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 The proposition team scores 248 marks and the opposition team scores 233 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
29. 29.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 29 for content, 34 for style and 78 in all. How many marks for strategy?
30. 30.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 26 for content, 34 for style and 77 in all. How many marks for strategy?
31. 31.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 20 for content, 21 for style and 53 in all. How many marks for strategy?
32. 32.📝 The proposition team scores 249 marks and the opposition team scores 251 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
33. 33.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) linking with teammates (b) strong evidence (c) relevant examples (d) eye contact
34. 34.📝 The proposition team scores 211 marks and the opposition team scores 206 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
35. 35.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
36. 36.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) good use of time (d) correct facts
38. 38.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 34 for content, 31 for style and 81 in all. How many marks for strategy?
39. 39.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 33 for content, 28 for style and 77 in all. How many marks for strategy?
40. 40.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 21 and 11. What is the total out of 100?

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