Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 79 · 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.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 40 for content, 35 for style and 85 in all. How many marks for strategy?
2. 2.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
3. 3.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) confident posture (c) answering opponents (d) strong evidence
4. 4.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 33 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) good pace and pauses (c) confident posture (d) a clear, steady voice
6. 6.📝 The proposition team scores 251 marks and the opposition team scores 237 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
7. 7.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 22, 26 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
8. 8.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) a clear team plan (d) clear reasoning
9. 9.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 31 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
10. 10.📝 The proposition team scores 256 marks and the opposition team scores 248 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
11. 11.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) correct facts (b) eye contact (c) relevant examples (d) linking with teammates
12. 12.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 39 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) strong evidence (c) correct facts (d) clear reasoning
14. 14.📝 The proposition team scores 189 marks and the opposition team scores 177 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
15. 15.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) linking with teammates (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear, steady voice
17. 17.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
18. 18.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
19. 19.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 34 for content, 37 for style and 90 in all. How many marks for strategy?
20. 20.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
21. 21.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) fancy clothes (c) the loudest voice (d) good arguments
22. 22.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 35, 20 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
23. 23.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) relevant examples (b) good pace and pauses (c) a clear, steady voice (d) a clear team plan
24. 24.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
25. 25.📝 The proposition team scores 216 marks and the opposition team scores 225 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 34, 20 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
27. 27.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good pace and pauses (b) a clear team plan (c) correct facts (d) clear reasoning
28. 28.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) content, style, strategy (b) jokes, length, volume (c) speed, size, shouting (d) dress, height, luck
29. 29.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it is not allowed (b) it wastes time (c) judges dislike it (d) it shows good strategy
30. 30.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 28 for content, 22 for style and 66 in all. How many marks for strategy?
31. 31.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 25 and 18. What is the total out of 100?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) linking with teammates (c) answering opponents (d) correct facts
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) good use of time (c) answering opponents (d) strong evidence
34. 34.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
35. 35.📝 Under which judging area is “correct facts” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
36. 36.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 31 for content, 39 for style and 80 in all. How many marks for strategy?
38. 38.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) clear reasoning (b) eye contact (c) linking with teammates (d) good pace and pauses
39. 39.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 32 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
40. 40.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 27 and 17. What is the total out of 100?

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