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Welcome to Platforms! Platforms are speech events that incorporate public speaking, argumentation, persuasion, and writing skills! If you have a specific topic that you're passionate about, platform events might be perfect for you. From persuasive speeches to poetry to advocacy to spontaneous speaking, platform events are a great place to get a feel for public speaking and develop your skills even more!
Original Oratory
Original Oratory
Original Oratory is a speech written by the student with the intent to inform or persuade the audience on a topic related to a societal issue. Oratory gives students the unique opportunity to showcase their voice and passion for their topic. An Oratory is not simply an essay about the topic—it is a well-researched and organized presentation with evidence, logic, emotional appeals, and sometimes humor to convey a message. Topics may be of value orientation and affect people at a personal level, such as avoiding peer pressure, or look at society as a whole, such as toxic positivity in the media.
Example of OO: https://youtu.be/NtN7_9n07Qw
Expository/Informative
Expository/Informative
Informative is a speech written by the student with the intent to inform the audience on a topic of significance using visual aids. Informative gives students the unique opportunity to showcase their personality while educating the audience. An Informative is not simply an essay about the topic—it is a well researched and organized presentation with evidence, logic, and sometimes humor to convey a message. Topics are varied and interesting. Whether it be a new technological advance the audience is unaware of or a new take on a concept that everyone is familiar with, Informative is the students opportunity to teach the audience. Types of topics and structure vary greatly.
Example of Info: https://youtu.be/wTX5v_VhmiY
Extemporaneous
Extemporaneous
Extemporaneous Speaking, typically called extemp, is a speech on current events with limited preparation time. A student’s understanding of important political, economic, and cultural issues is assessed along with critical thinking and analytical skills. Students report to a draw room (often referred to as extemp prep) where all of the extempers gather at tables, set out their files, and await their turn to draw topics. Students may access research brought with them to the tournament during the 30-minute preparation period. When prep time is up, the student reports to the competition room to deliver a 7 minute speech. Students have a lot to do in 30 minutes—they must select a question, review research, outline arguments with supporting materials, and practice at least part of the speech before time expires. Many tournaments prohibit the consultation of notes during the speech in which case speech structure and evidence need to be memorized during prep time as well.
Example of Extemp: https://youtu.be/cgkTm-_Igdg
Impromptu
Impromptu
Impromptu is a public speaking event where students have seven minutes to select a topic, brainstorm their ideas, outline and deliver a speech. The speech is given without notes and uses an introduction, body, and conclusion. The speech can be light-hearted or serious. It can be based upon prompts that range from nursery rhymes, current events, celebrities, organizations, and more. Impromptu is a public speaking event that tests a student’s ability to analyze a prompt, process their thoughts, organize the points of the speech, and deliver them in a clear, coherent manner. Students’ logic is extremely important. They must be able to take an abstract idea, such as a fortune from a fortune cookie, and put together a speech that has a thesis and supporting information.
Example of Impromptu: https://youtu.be/m5PrRSl1Y5s
Original Advocacy
Original Advocacy
Original Advocacy is a speech written by the student with the intent to inform or persuade the audience on a topic related to a policy issue. Advocacy gives students the unique opportunity to showcase their voice and passion for their topic. An Advocacy is not simply an essay about the topic—it is a well-researched and organized presentation with evidence, logic, emotional appeals, and sometimes humor to convey a message. Topics are typically more of a policy orientation and ask an audience to enact particular policies or reform various problems.
Example of OA: https://youtu.be/oSVptBCQiig
Original Prose and Poetry
Original Prose and Poetry
Students in OPP will write and perform an original piece of prose, being a story or play, or poetry, spoken word or versed, centered around a specific message. OPP allows performers to elaborate on topics that they feel passionately about in a creative way. OPP is by-far one of the most broad platform events which allows the structure of speech to be virtually anything the performer wants it to be.
Since OPP is so broad, showing an example is too limiting. If you have any questions about whether your idea would work for an OPP, reach out to your platforms captain!
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We meet every Friday during Lunch in the grass behind the 1200s!
Speech Captain: Emily Yokota
emily.yokota@gmail.com
@emily_yokota (Instagram)
(949) 838-6870
We would love to have you on our team!
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