Debate Worksheet: Judging Criteria

Debate lesson 13: How debates are judged · Set 978 · 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.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
2. 2.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 33 and 20. What is the total out of 100?
3. 3.True or false: “strong evidence” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 Under which judging area is “answering opponents” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
5. 5.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) strong evidence (b) correct facts (c) a clear team plan (d) relevant examples
6. 6.📝 What are the three main judging areas? (a) content, style, strategy (b) jokes, length, volume (c) speed, size, shouting (d) dress, height, luck
7. 7.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 21, 38 and 15. What is the total out of 100?
9. 9.True or false: “correct facts” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 28 for content, 22 for style and 70 in all. How many marks for strategy?
11. 11.True or false: “confident posture” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 Under which judging area is “a clear, steady voice” marked? (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
13. 13.📝 Why should a speaker answer the other side’s points? (a) it is not allowed (b) it shows good strategy (c) judges dislike it (d) it wastes time
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relevant examples (b) correct facts (c) a clear team plan (d) strong evidence
15. 15.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 22 for content, 32 for style and 66 in all. How many marks for strategy?
16. 16.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) a clear, steady voice (b) good use of time (c) clear reasoning (d) eye contact
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 23, 36 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
19. 19.True or false: “answering opponents” is judged under strategy (how you plan). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is judged under strategy (how you plan)? (a) linking with teammates (b) eye contact (c) relevant examples (d) correct facts
21. 21.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 30 for content, 34 for style and 81 in all. How many marks for strategy?
22. 22.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) eye contact (c) a clear team plan (d) relevant examples
23. 23.Which of these is judged under content (what you say)? (a) confident posture (b) linking with teammates (c) good use of time (d) strong evidence
24. 24.True or false: “relevant examples” is judged under content (what you say). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 Under which judging area is “linking with teammates” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
26. 26.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 30 for content, 29 for style and 78 in all. How many marks for strategy?
27. 27.📝 Under which judging area is “eye contact” marked? (a) style (b) content (c) strategy
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking with teammates (b) strong evidence (c) relevant examples (d) correct facts
29. 29.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 28 for content, 32 for style and 78 in all. How many marks for strategy?
30. 30.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 24, 28 and 12. What is the total out of 100?
31. 31.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) correct facts (b) good pace and pauses (c) linking with teammates (d) relevant examples
32. 32.True or false: “clear reasoning” is judged under content (what you say). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📝 Under which judging area is “clear reasoning” marked? (a) strategy (b) content (c) style
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong evidence (b) eye contact (c) good pace and pauses (d) a clear, steady voice
35. 35.True or false: “a clear, steady voice” is judged under style (how you say it). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is judged under style (how you say it)? (a) a clear team plan (b) relevant examples (c) a clear, steady voice (d) strong evidence
37. 37.📝 Marks: content (out of 40), style (out of 40), strategy (out of 20). A speaker got 37 for content, 38 for style and 90 in all. How many marks for strategy?
38. 38.📝 Under which judging area is “good use of time” marked? (a) strategy (b) style (c) content
39. 39.📝 Judges give marks out of 40 for content, 40 for style and 20 for strategy. A speaker gets 27, 29 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 20, 30 and 15. What is the total out of 100?

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