Interp
This event portrays a realistic, emotional journey of character(s). Typically coping with serious subject matter.
What is Dramatic Interp?
This work is not an essay piece on a topic, but a well researched and originally write piece on something the speaker is passionate about.
What is Original Oratory?
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
What is a storytelling book?
This event contains a formal meter or scheme in the piece.
Written with intent to inform on a topic with significance. A visual aid is encouraged.
What is Informative Speaking?
The Great Gatsby
What is a Prose selection book?
A mix bag of different elements combined to tell a narrative. Typically from a book.
What is Prose Reading?
A written and memorized piece, using a creative arrangement of words to convey a topic.
The Raven
What is a Poem?
This event allows for full range of movement. The speaker acts as if the audience is full of children.
What is Storytelling?
An informative speech without the use of visual aid.
The benefits of shopping vintage.
What is an Informative Speaking topic?
This event contains 2-3 genres of work, all held under a common theme.
What is POI? (Program Oral Interpretation)
An event where the competitor is given 30 minutes of prep time with their topic. Must be knowledgeable in political, economic, and cultural issues in the US.
What is United States Extemporaneous Speaking (USX)?
Fireflies in the Dark
What is a Dramatic Interpretation piece?