Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 890 · 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.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) speed, size, shouting (b) jokes, length, volume (c) content, style, strategy (d) dress, height, luck
2. 2.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) good pace and pauses (d) linking with teammates
3. 3.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) answering opponents (c) a clear, steady voice (d) strong evidence
4. 4.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) clear reasoning (b) correct facts (c) confident posture (d) relevant examples
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) correct facts (c) clear reasoning (d) relevant examples
7. 7.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) good pace and pauses (c) a clear, steady voice (d) eye contact
9. 9.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
10. 10.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) linking with teammates (c) relevant examples (d) eye contact
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) confident posture (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear, steady voice
12. 12.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 31 and 11. What is the total out of 100?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) correct facts (c) eye contact (d) relevant examples
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) answering opponents (c) linking with teammates (d) relevant examples
15. 15.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 The proposition team scores 247 marks and the opposition team scores 240 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
17. 17.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
18. 18.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good use of time (b) a clear team plan (c) correct facts (d) a clear, steady voice
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) correct facts (c) clear reasoning (d) a clear team plan
20. 20.📝 The proposition team scores 247 marks and the opposition team scores 254 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
21. 21.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) correct facts (b) clear reasoning (c) strong evidence (d) eye contact
22. 22.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 31 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
23. 23.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 38 for content, 25 for style and 76 in all. How many marks for strategy?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eye contact (b) correct facts (c) confident posture (d) a clear, steady voice
25. 25.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
26. 26.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) confident posture (c) good use of time (d) a clear team plan
28. 28.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) correct facts (c) a clear, steady voice (d) strong evidence
30. 30.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 25, 23 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
31. 31.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) eye contact (b) correct facts (c) strong evidence (d) good use of time
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear, steady voice (c) eye contact (d) good pace and pauses
34. 34.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
35. 35.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
37. 37.📝 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
38. 38.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 34, 22 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
39. 39.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) correct facts (b) good pace and pauses (c) confident posture (d) a clear, steady voice
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) strong evidence (c) clear reasoning (d) linking with teammates

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