DEBATE RUBRIC
Category
Addresses
Issues
Support with
Facts
Presidential The Student Not
Debates Senate Council Yet
Floor Election
4
3
Always addresses Usually
topic
addresses
topic
Uses some Uses few
facts that facts that
support
support topic
topic
Does not
use facts
that
support
topic
Arguments clear
and convincing
Arguments
are
sometimes
clear and
convincing
Arguments
are rarely
clear and
convincing
Arguments
are never
clear and
convincing
Used team
member
effectively
One
member
does the
talking
75% of the
time
One member No one
does the
talks
talking
100% of the
time
Equal timing
Organization
1
Did not
address
topic
Uses many facts
that support topic
Persuasiveness
Teamwork
2
Rarely
addresses
topic
Electrifies
audience in
opening statement
Closure convinces
audience
Grabs
attention
Introduces
topic and
brings some
closure to
Brings
closure to the debate
the debate
Score
Does not
introduce
topic; no
closure
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