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Judging Individual Event Interps

Step 1: Individual Event (IE) Interp Descriptions

There are many different types of IE Speeches. The below are Washington State Rules and Events BUT read the rules on your ballot at the tournament as some tournaments use different rules.

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION

The speaker shall interpret one or more selections, serious in nature, from one or more authors of prose, poetry, drama (play), radio, television, or recording and may be a monologue. 

Presentation must be memorized.

Students may not use props, makeup, or costumes. 

Physical movement to suggest characterization is permitted including full body movement. 

The title and author must be identified during the presentation. 

TIME LIMIT: 10 MINUTES.  No time signals will be given.

HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION

The rules AND TIME LIMIT are the same as those for Dramatic Interpretation except that the material should be humorous.

 

DUAL INTERPRETATION

A program of one or more selections of published prose, poetry, or drama presented by two students. 

The title(s) and author(s) must be identified. 

The presentation must be from memory; scripts will be penalized. 

Props, makeup and costumes are not permitted. 

Physical movement to suggest characterization is permitted including full body movement. 

The contestants will not look at each other but rather ahead, except they may look at each other during the introduction.

The contestants will not touch each other.

TIME LIMIT: 10 MINUTES.  No time signals will be given.

INTERPRETIVE READING

The contestant shall interpret two or more selections from two or more authors. 

The collection must include at least one selection of prose, and one of poetry. 

No dramas (plays) are allowed. 

The interpretation should be read from a manuscript and not memorized.

Students may not use props, makeup, or costumes.

Expressions, gestures, body positions and upper body movement are allowed as a means of characterization. 

Full body movement is permitted.

The title and author for each piece must be identified during the presentation.

A theme must be established and the pieces should be balanced time-wise. 

TIME LIMIT: 8 MINUTES.  No time signals will be given.

 

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Xx readers, ignore this—it is for jim

What arguments will they make?

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