About Speech

Interpretation Events

Humorous Interpretation (HI)

Feeling Funny? Competitors choose a script, short story, or other published work to analyze and interpret as they practice their comedic skills (10-min).

Dramatic Interpretation (DI)

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 (10-min).

Dramatic Interpretation Example

Duo Interpretation

Competitors partner up to analyze and interpret a script, short story, or other published work containing comedic or dramatic material (10-min).

Program-Oral Interpretation (POI)

A unified presentation made up of at least two selections from different genres (i.e. prose, poetry, dramatic literature, plays). A contestant may use the works of one or more authors that unite under a theme, argument or style (10 min).

Interpretation Event Resources

Interpretation Google Drive Folder

Extemporaneous Events

In domestic and foreign extemporaneous speaking events, a student receives 30 minutes to prepare a speech of up to 7 minutes about a current affairs topic.

Extemporaneous Speaking Resources

Extemporaneous Speaking Google Drive Folder

Platform Events

Platform events are Original Oratory and Informative Speaking. Both speeches are written by the student performing them and should be memorized, practiced, and last up to 10 minutes. Oratory seeks to persuade and Informative seeks to inform.