Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 891 · 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.📝 The proposition team scores 180 marks and the opposition team scores 186 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “relevant examples” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
3. 3.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
4. 4.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
5. 5.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) strong evidence (b) confident posture (c) linking with teammates (d) answering opponents
6. 6.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 30, 37 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
7. 7.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
8. 8.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) relevant examples (b) correct facts (c) good use of time (d) good pace and pauses
9. 9.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good use of time (b) a clear, steady voice (c) relevant examples (d) clear reasoning
10. 10.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) answering opponents (b) eye contact (c) good use of time (d) correct facts
11. 11.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 26, 20 and 19. What is the total out of 100?
12. 12.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
14. 14.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) fancy clothes (b) the loudest voice (c) the longest speech (d) good arguments
15. 15.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 The proposition team scores 256 marks and the opposition team scores 250 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering opponents (b) linking with teammates (c) good use of time (d) clear reasoning
18. 18.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) relevant examples (c) correct facts (d) answering opponents
20. 20.📝 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?
21. 21.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 21 for content, 37 for style and 78 in all. How many marks for strategy?
22. 22.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) linking with teammates (c) eye contact (d) strong evidence
23. 23.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📝 Under which judging area is “good pace and pauses” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
25. 25.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) correct facts (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear team plan
26. 26.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) eye contact (c) clear reasoning (d) good pace and pauses
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) strong evidence (c) good pace and pauses (d) eye contact
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good pace and pauses (b) eye contact (c) correct facts (d) confident posture
29. 29.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) eye contact (b) clear reasoning (c) correct facts (d) linking with teammates
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) a clear, steady voice (c) confident posture (d) eye contact
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) relevant examples (c) good use of time (d) answering opponents
32. 32.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
33. 33.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
34. 34.📝 The proposition team scores 225 marks and the opposition team scores 228 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
35. 35.📝 The proposition team scores 208 marks and the opposition team scores 202 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 36 for content, 37 for style and 87 in all. How many marks for strategy?
37. 37.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 36 for content, 38 for style and 90 in all. How many marks for strategy?
38. 38.📝 The proposition team scores 245 marks and the opposition team scores 247 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
39. 39.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 36 for content, 36 for style and 83 in all. How many marks for strategy?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) clear reasoning (c) correct facts (d) eye contact

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