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We offer 5 Events to Enter:
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Impromptu, Extemp, PowerPoint, Platform,
Interp.
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Reminder: You can do AT
MOST two speech events.
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YOU CAN NOT DO DEBATE AND
SPEAKING EVENTS AT THIS TOURNAMENT—THEY HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: You present your speech THREE
TIMES—once in round 1, once in round 2, and once in round 3. (Impromptu and
Extemp do three different speeches in round 1, 2, and 3).
• Impromptu ALL ages: 6 minutes
(includes preparation)
Extemp
ALL ages:
--questions provided Thursday evening, the week of the tournament
--elementary 5 minute speech
--middle school and high school 7 minute speech.
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POWERPOINT, PLATFORM, AND INTERP SPEECHES:
• Elementary speeches: 5 minutes.
• Middle School speeches: 7 minutes.
• High School speeches: 10 minutes.
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Impromptu: You’ll be given 3 topics and you chose
one of them to speak on. You have 6 minutes total to prepare AND
also to present. You cannot read/look at notes made before you received
the topic, the internet, etc. during prep time. You can outline your speech on
a notecard, sheet of paper, or an electronic device (but again, no researching
on the internet, looking at files on your electronic device).
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Extemp: You’ll be given 3 questions on current events/issues to
speak on Thursday evening before the tournament. YOU CAN look at the internet
and/or an extemp tub/files. You can and should
outline your speech including the question as it was worded, use multiple
source citations, and provide analysis answering the question you chose. You
speak for 5 minutes answering the question (elementary) or 7 minutes (middle
school and high school). YES—YOU CAN DO DEBATE AND EXTEMP.
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PowerPoint: You present on any topic using a PowerPoint/Google
Slides/Similar throughout the speech. You should use a combination of bullets,
pictures, and animation to create a visually interesting and well supported
speech. 5 minutes elementary, 7 minutes middle school, 10 minutes high school.
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Platform: You present an informative, persuasive, or humorous speech
on a topic of your choice. Your speech should be a written/typed manuscript
that you have memorized or that you use notes very minimally when you present.
Your speech should include source citations, clever and engaging wording, and
have a purpose to inform, persuade or entertain your audience. You speak for 5
minutes (elementary), 7 minutes (middle school), or 10 minutes (high school).
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Interp: You present poetry, prose and/or play material cut to
advance a point/insight you wish to communicate. In addition to the material
that you perform, you also have an introduction stating the point/insight made
by the material, the author(s) of the material, and the title of the piece(s).
Movement of your feet should be kept to a minimum usually at most one step from
your starting standing position. You perform for 5 minutes (elementary), 7
minutes (middle school), or 10 minutes (high school).
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You may not write speeches
using ChatGPT/similar other than to do research.