Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 791 · 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) confident posture (b) good pace and pauses (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
3. 3.📝 The proposition team scores 197 marks and the opposition team scores 200 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
4. 4.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) strong evidence (b) eye contact (c) clear reasoning (d) answering opponents
5. 5.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) relevant examples (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
7. 7.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 40, 34 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) correct facts (c) a clear team plan (d) answering opponents
9. 9.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 38, 33 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
10. 10.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 39 for content, 37 for style and 86 in all. How many marks for strategy?
11. 11.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) good use of time (c) strong evidence (d) linking with teammates
12. 12.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 26 and 16. What is the total out of 100?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) relevant examples (c) strong evidence (d) answering opponents
14. 14.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 23 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
15. 15.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
16. 16.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 29 for content, 37 for style and 81 in all. How many marks for strategy?
17. 17.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear team plan” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 38, 35 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
19. 19.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 34 for content, 31 for style and 79 in all. How many marks for strategy?
20. 20.📝 The proposition team scores 208 marks and the opposition team scores 203 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) clear reasoning (c) confident posture (d) good pace and pauses
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) answering opponents (c) relevant examples (d) a clear team plan
23. 23.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
24. 24.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) clear reasoning (b) eye contact (c) confident posture (d) a clear team plan
25. 25.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 38 for content, 34 for style and 86 in all. How many marks for strategy?
27. 27.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 24 for content, 30 for style and 64 in all. How many marks for strategy?
29. 29.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) answering opponents (b) relevant examples (c) good pace and pauses (d) correct facts
30. 30.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) good use of time (b) strong evidence (c) confident posture (d) relevant examples
31. 31.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) the loudest voice (c) fancy clothes (d) good arguments
32. 32.📝 The proposition team scores 228 marks and the opposition team scores 227 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
33. 33.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) relevant examples (b) good use of time (c) good pace and pauses (d) linking with teammates
34. 34.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📝 The proposition team scores 213 marks and the opposition team scores 225 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
36. 36.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 33 for content, 38 for style and 82 in all. How many marks for strategy?
37. 37.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) linking with teammates (c) correct facts (d) strong evidence
38. 38.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 35 for content, 21 for style and 66 in all. How many marks for strategy?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) strong evidence (c) good pace and pauses (d) clear reasoning
40. 40.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 40 for content, 38 for style and 92 in all. How many marks for strategy?

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