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Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 962 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) clear reasoning (b) a clear team plan (c) eye contact (d) strong evidence
  2. 2.📝 Under which judging area is “confident posture” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
  3. 3.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
  4. 4.📝 The proposition team scores 204 marks and the opposition team scores 219 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  5. 5.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) answering opponents (b) clear reasoning (c) confident posture (d) eye contact
  6. 6.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) clear reasoning (c) relevant examples (d) good pace and pauses
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear team plan (b) strong evidence (c) good use of time (d) linking with teammates
  9. 9.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear team plan (b) linking with teammates (c) strong evidence (d) confident posture
  10. 10.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 20, 36 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good use of time (b) relevant examples (c) clear reasoning (d) strong evidence
  13. 13.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
  16. 16.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
  17. 17.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 30 and 17. What is the total out of 100?
  18. 18.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 32, 39 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
  19. 19.📝 Judges mostly reward… (a) the longest speech (b) good arguments (c) the loudest voice (d) fancy clothes
  20. 20.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
  21. 21.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) a clear team plan (c) linking with teammates (d) relevant examples
  22. 22.True or false: “linking with teammates” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) correct facts (b) clear reasoning (c) relevant examples (d) eye contact
  24. 24.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) strong evidence (c) a clear team plan (d) clear reasoning
  26. 26.True or false: “a clear team plan” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
  28. 28.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 28, 37 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
  29. 29.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) style (b) strategy (c) content
  30. 30.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) judges dislike it (b) it is not allowed (c) it shows good strategy (d) it wastes time
  31. 31.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 39, 31 and 10. What is the total out of 100?
  32. 32.📝 The proposition team scores 244 marks and the opposition team scores 248 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  33. 33.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “eye contact” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📝 The proposition team scores 243 marks and the opposition team scores 248 marks. By how many marks did the winning team win?
  36. 36.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “good use of time” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) good use of time (b) clear reasoning (c) strong evidence (d) good pace and pauses
  39. 39.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) strong evidence (b) clear reasoning (c) good use of time (d) eye contact
  40. 40.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 32 for content, 30 for style and 73 in all. How many marks for strategy?

Answer key

  1. eye contact
  2. style
  3. strategy
  4. 15
  5. clear reasoning
  6. strategy
  7. good pace and pauses
  8. strong evidence
  9. strong evidence
  10. False
  11. 73
  12. good use of time
  13. True
  14. False
  15. strategy
  16. strategy
  17. 68
  18. 91
  19. good arguments
  20. content
  21. relevant examples
  22. True
  23. eye contact
  24. False
  25. a clear team plan
  26. False
  27. style
  28. 80
  29. content
  30. it shows good strategy
  31. 80
  32. 4
  33. False
  34. False
  35. 5
  36. False
  37. True
  38. good pace and pauses
  39. good use of time
  40. 11

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