Feeling Funny? Competitors choose a script, short story, or other published work to analyze and interpret as they practice their comedic skills.
Time Limit: 10 minutes max with a 30-second grace period.
Sources must meet all Association Interp rules for publication.
Competitors in this event choose a script, short story, or other published work to analyze and interpret that usually contains material of a more serious or dramatic nature.
Time Limit: 10 minutes max with a 30-second grace period.
Sources must meet all Association Interp rules for publication.
Competitors partner up to analyze and interpret a script, short story, or other published work containing comedic or dramatic material.
Time Limit: 10 minutes max with a 30-second grace period.
Sources must meet all Association Interp rules for publication.
POI is a program of oral interpretation of thematically-linked selections chosen from two or three genres: prose, poetry, drama (plays).
A primary focus of this event should be on the development of the theme or argument through the use of narrative, story, language, and/or characterization.
Competitors are encouraged to devote approximately equal times to each of the genres used in the program. At least two pieces of literature that represent at least two separate genres must be used.
The use of a manuscript is required.
Time Limit: 10 minutes max with a 30-second grace period.
Sources must meet all Association Interp rules for publication.
Heard a speech that rocked your world? In this event, competitors recreate a speech that was publicly presented (10-min). The address must have statewide, national, or international significance (80%). It also includes an analysis of the address written by the competitor (~20%).
Feel passionate about something people need to know about? This is a 10-min persuasive speech written by the competitor on a topic of their choosing.
Creating an outline
Topic suggestions
A helpful resource you might consider checking out to help conceptualize a persuasive paper is the text They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. I am including their INDEX OF TEMPLATES here for you to use as a resource to give you ideas how structuring sentences and ideas for your paper. It could be especially helpful in providing ideas on how to craft sophisticated transitions to help you move back and forth between claim and counterclaim, construction and refutation.Â
Feelings crafty? Competitors in this event write an informative 10-min speech on a topic of their choosing along with visually stimulating posters to aid their speech.
Topic suggestions
Creating an outline
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