RANDOM RULES
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
MORE RANDOM RULES
MOVE IT!
DEBATE!
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?
100

WHICH EVENTS ALLOW THE USE OF CHAIRS?

MONOLOGUE, HUMOROUS AND DRAMATIC DUET

100

THE TIME LIMIT FOR INTERPS, DUETS, AND ORATORIES IS THIS

10 MINUTES

100

THIS EVENT REQUIRES TWO DIFFERENT PIECES, ONE FUNNY AND ONE DRAMATRIC

MONOLOGUE

100

PERFORMERS' MOVEMENTS ARE LIMITED IN THESE TWO EVENTS

PROSE AND POETRY

100

THIS TYPE OF DEBATE INVOLVES TOPICS OF MORALITY, ETHICS, OR VALUES

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

100

A BOOK OR SHORT STORY MIGHT PROVIDE MATERIAL FOR THIS EVENT

PROSE

200

WHICH EVENTS REQUIRE THE PERFORMER TO HAVE THE SCRIPT IN THEIR HANDS WHILE PERFORMING?

PROSE AND POETRY

200

EXTEMPERS HAVE THIS MUCH TIME TO PREPARE A SPEECH AFTER THEY CHOOSE A TOPIC

30 MINUTES

200

THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO JUNIORS AND SENIORS ONLY

POETRY

200

USE OF A CHAIR IS OPTIONAL IN THIS EVENT

MONOLOGUE

200

THIS TYPE OF DEBATE WAS INTENDED TO BE A HYBRID OF TWO EXISTING KINDS OF DEBATE

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

200

THE EVENT THAT MRS. SOUDEK DESPISES GETS MATERIAL FROM BOOKS, PLAYS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, INTERNET SOURCES, ARTICLES, POEMS, ETC.

POI OR PROGRAM OF ORAL INTERP

300

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT EVENTS TOPICS ARE USED IN WHAT EVENT?

FOREIGN EXTEMP OR FEX

300

THE TIME LIMIT FOR MONOLOGUE IS THIS

SIX MINUTES

300

THESE EVENTS ARE FOR FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORES ONLY

STANDARD ORATORY AND PROSE

300

LADIES SHOULD WEAR SLACKS IF DOING THIS EVENT DUE TO LOTS OF MOVEMENT

HUMOROUS DUET

300

NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION IS A COMMON THEME IN THIS TYPE OF DEBATE

CROSS-EX 

300

MOST HUMOROUS AND DRAMATIC INTERPS COME FROM THESE

PLAYS

400

DON'T PUT TOO MANY WORDS ON YOUR NOTECARD IN THESE EVENTS OR YOU'LL BE DISQUALIFIED

DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXTEMP

400

ALL INDIVIDUAL EVENTS HAVE A GRACE PERIOD OF THIS

30 SECONDS

400

CURRENT EVENTS QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES ARE USED IN WHAT EVENT?

DOMESTIC EXTEMP OR DEX

400

TRUE OR FALSE:

IN EXTEMP, SPEAKERS SHOULD FOLLOW THE TRIANGLE PATTERN WHEN SPEAKING

TRUE

400

THIS TYPE OF DEBATE DOES NOT INVOLVE TEAMS

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

400

WHERE DOES AN ORIGINAL ORATORY COME FROM?

YOURSELF

500

THIS EVENT REQUIRES THE USE OF VISUAL AIDS

INFORMATIVE ORATORY

500

PROSE AND POETRY HAVE A TIME LIMIT OF THIS

8 MINUTES

500

STANDARD ORATORY, ORIGINAL ORATORY, AND INFORMATIVE ORATORY MAY NOT EXCEED HOW MANY QUOTED OR PARAPHRASED WORDS?

150 WORDS

500

TRUE OR FALSE:

IN HUMOROUS AND DRAMATIC INTERP, PERFORMERS MAY SIT DOWN, LIE DOWN, JUMP ON A CHAIR, OR WHATEVER THEY WANT

FALSE

500

ANOTHER NAME FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION DEBATE

POLICY OR TEAM DEBATE

500

TRUE OR FALSE:

MATERIAL FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS OTHER THAN ORIGINAL ORATORY CAN BE SELF-WRITTEN BY STUDENTS

FALSE