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Category |Memorized? |Time Limit |Description | |

|HI – Humorous |YES |6 – 10 minutes |Memorize a funny dialogue, monologue, piece from a short story, novel, play, etc. Play it up with gestures and voices and |

|Interpretation | | |lots of energy! |

|DI – Dramatic |YES |6 – 10 minutes |Memorize a serious dialogue, monologue, piece from a short story, novel, play, etc. Play it up with gestures and voices and|

|Interpretation | | |sadness, seriousness or drama! |

|Duo Interpretation |YES |6 – 10 minutes |2 people present a scene from a play, short story or novel. They play up the characters with gestures and voices, but they |

| | | |CAN’T look at or touch each other! |

|Storytelling |YES |6 – 10 minutes |Memorize a children’s story and present it as if you’re telling the story to a group of small children. Think about |

| | | |gestures and voices for the different characters to really rope in the kids. |

|Prose |NO – Manuscript Required |6 – 10 minutes |Present a selection from a novel or short story. Consider the voices and gestures of the characters, but it’s not as big |

| | | |and dramatic as DI or HI. |

|Poetry |NO – Manuscript Required |6 – 10 minutes |Present a poem or a collection of related poem. Again, think about the emotions and characters in the piece. You want some|

| | | |gestures, but not so many that they get distracting. Instead focus on how your voice and face can convey TONE and MEANING. |

|OO – Original Oratory |YES, but you may have up to two |6 – 10 minutes |Write your own speech on any topic you wish. Do some research to back up your ideas, but anything goes! Think about your |

| |4x6 notecards | |interests, passions and personal experiences to come up with a genuine topic that really hooks people. |

|Impromptu |NO, but you may have 1 notecard |7 Minutes to plan AND present|Draw a topic and come up with a speech right then and there. Topics range from oranges to Abe Lincoln to “To Be or Not To |

| |up to 4x6 inches | |Be”. (Generally you’ll have a round of things, a round of people and a round of quotations. If there’s a 4th round, places|

| | | |might be on the list, too.) You never know what you’ll get, but you have to be a quick thinker! |

|Extemp |YES, but you may have up to two |30 minutes to prep; |If you’re up on your current events, then this is the right place for you. We’ll put together an extemp box filled with |

| |4x6 notecards |up to 7 minutes to speak |articles from current periodicals and online sources. You’ll draw a current events question - something like “Should we |

| | | |have a national haleth care system?” – and then have 30 minutes to prepare a speech on the topic. You’ll use the articles |

| | | |as support for your opinion. |

If you’re looking for examples, YouTube is a great resource. Just search “Forensics OO Speech” or something of the like and you will find plenty of postings to get a feel for the category!

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