Information All information Most information Information had some presented in this debate presented in the major inaccuracies OR was clear, accurate and debate was clear and was usually not clear thorough accurate, but was not usually thorough Rebuttal All counter-arguments Most counter- Counter-arguments were accurate, relevant arguments were were not accurate and strong accurate and relevant, and/or relevant but several were weak Use of Facts Every major point was Every major point was All points were not well supported with adequately supported supported several relevant facts, with relevant facts, statistics and/or statistics and/or examples examples Organization All arguments were Most arguments were Most arguments were clearly tied to an idea clearly tied to an idea clearly tied to an idea (premise) and (premise) and (premise) and organized in a tight, organized in a tight, organized in a tight, logical fashion logical fashion logical fashion Understanding The team clearly The team seemed to The team did not show of Topic understood the topic in understand the main an adequate depth and presented points of the topic and understanding of the their information presented those with topic forcefully and ease convincingly Respect for All statements, body Most statements and Statements, responses Other Team language, and responses were and/or body language responses were respectful and in were consistently not respectful and were appropriate language, respectful inappropriate language but there was one sarcastic remark