Vocabulary
A controversial matter that can inspire different points of view, stands or sides
What is an Issue?
This is important such that you are audible and your audience can hear you.
What is speaker volume?
Students deliver a self-written, ten-minute speech on a topic of their choosing. Competitors craft an argument using evidence, logic, and emotional appeals.
What is Original Oratory?
Part of your speech where you will try to grab your audience's attention and brief your topic.
The individual that will rank your speech and be analyzing your performance.
What is a judge?
An exchange of diverging or opposite views
What is an argument?
This is important for being confident in what you're saying and directly communicating with your audience.
What is eye contact?
Students have seven minutes to select a topic from a few chosen, brainstorm their ideas, outline and deliver a speech on the spot.
What is Impromptu?
Part of your speech that explains a specific reason why/how your topic/issue has come to exist.
What is a cause?
A period within which the speech must be completed is a...
What is a time limit?
The available body of facts or info indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or false
What is evidence?
What is a pace/volume?
Using a play, short story, or other published work, students perform a selection of one or more portions of a piece up to ten minutes in length and test a student's comedic skills.
What is Humorous Interpretation?
Part of your speech that explains a specific issue within your topic.
What is a problem?
A numerical value that depicts where you stand against your competitors.
What is a rank?
A statement or assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion
What is a proposition?
What is enunciation?
Students must use a speech or portion of a speech previously given by another person.
What is Declamation?
Part of your speech that explains a consequence of your issue.
What is an effect?
Numerical value given that is a score of your performance and a sum of values of different components graded.
What are speaker points?
A specific statement or question up for debate
What is a resolution?
What is intonation?
Students are presented with a few choices of questions related to current events and, in 30 minutes, prepare a seven-minute speech answering the selected question.
Offers a potential answer to the issues you discuss within your speech.
What is a solution?
A sheet used when a student is judged and ranked and where all remarks will be written.
What is a ballot?