High School Unified Manual 08 - National Speech & Debate ...

2016-2017

Version 2017.1.0 Updated February 13, 2017

High School Unified Manual

Chapter, Rules, and Tournament Operations

The National Speech & Debate Association is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school, high school, and collegiate students in the United States. The Association provides competitive speech and debate activities, high-quality resources, comprehensive training, scholarship opportunities, and advanced recognition to more than 150,000 students and coaches every year. For more than 90 years, the National Speech & Debate Association has empowered more than 1.5 million members to become engaged citizens, skilled professionals, and honorable leaders in our society.

OUR MISSION: We believe communication skills are essential for empowering youth to become engaged citizens, skilled professionals, and honorable leaders in our global society. We connect, support, and inspire a diverse community of honor society members committed to fostering excellence in young people through competitive speech and debate activities.

OUR VISION: We envision a world in which every student has access to competitive speech and debate activities. We are the leading voice in the development of resources, competitive and ethical standards, curricular and co-curricular opportunities, and recognition systems for our vast network of student, coach, and alumni members.



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Table of Contents

SECTION 1: High School Chapter Manual ......................................................................................... 6

Membership.................................................................................................................................... 7

I. School Membership ............................................................................................................................ 7 II. Recording Merit Points....................................................................................................................... 8 III. Individual Membership ................................................................................................................... 11 IV. Degrees ........................................................................................................................................... 13 V. Chapter Procedures.......................................................................................................................... 14

Supplies .........................................................................................................................................15

Awards ........................................................................................................................................... 15

Code of Honor ................................................................................................................................18

Coaches Code of Ethics ...................................................................................................................18

District and National Leadership.....................................................................................................19

I. District Committee ............................................................................................................................ 19 II. Board of Directors ............................................................................................................................ 19

Calendar: Year At-a-Glance.............................................................................................................20

Quick Reference for Chapter Advisors/Coaches ..............................................................................21

Section 2: High School Event Rules Manual.....................................................................................22

Main Event Rules............................................................................................................................23

Policy Debate ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Public Forum Debate............................................................................................................................ 24 Lincoln-Douglas Debate ....................................................................................................................... 25 Congressional Debate .......................................................................................................................... 32 Original Oratory ................................................................................................................................... 41 Informative Speaking ........................................................................................................................... 41 Program Oral Interpretation................................................................................................................. 42 Interpretation....................................................................................................................................... 43 Extemporaneous Speaking................................................................................................................... 47

Supplemental Event Rules ..............................................................................................................50

Extemporaneous Commentary ............................................................................................................ 50 Prose and Poetry .................................................................................................................................. 50 Extemporaneous Debate...................................................................................................................... 51 Expository ............................................................................................................................................ 52

Consolation Event Rules .................................................................................................................53

Impromptu ........................................................................................................................................... 53 Storytelling ........................................................................................................................................... 53

USA World Schools Debate Invitational ..........................................................................................54

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SECTION 3: District Tournament Operations Manual ......................................................................55

Planning the District Tournament...................................................................................................56

Guidelines for Scheduling .................................................................................................................... 56 Setting up Joy of Tournaments............................................................................................................. 56

Tournament Roles and Responsibilities ..........................................................................................56

Tournament Officials ............................................................................................................................ 56 Suggested Tournament Roles ............................................................................................................... 56

Standards for Holding a District Qualifying Tournament .................................................................57

District Eligibility .................................................................................................................................. 57 National Qualification Levels................................................................................................................ 58 Auto-Qualification ................................................................................................................................ 59

Registering for the District Tournament..........................................................................................60

School Eligibility and Entry Limits......................................................................................................... 60 Student Eligibility and Requirements ................................................................................................... 61

Running the District Debate Tournament .......................................................................................64

General Rules and Instructions ............................................................................................................ 64 Absolute Pairing Priorities .................................................................................................................... 65 Pairing Rounds One and Two ............................................................................................................... 65 Pairing Subsequent Rounds.................................................................................................................. 66

Running the District Congressional Debate Tournament.................................................................68

General Rules and Instructions ............................................................................................................ 68 Assigning Students to Chambers.......................................................................................................... 69 National Qualification .......................................................................................................................... 70

Running the District Speech Tournament .......................................................................................73

General Rules and Instructions ............................................................................................................ 73 Sectioning in the Up/Down Model....................................................................................................... 73 Sectioning............................................................................................................................................. 73 Moving Entries from Sections .............................................................................................................. 73 Speaker Order ...................................................................................................................................... 74 Balance of Power ................................................................................................................................. 74 Changing Ranks .................................................................................................................................... 74 Scoring Ties .......................................................................................................................................... 74 Final Round .......................................................................................................................................... 74 Determining National Qualifiers and Alternates .................................................................................. 74

The California Plan .........................................................................................................................76

Planning Preliminary Rounds ............................................................................................................... 76 Preset Preliminary Round..................................................................................................................... 76 Powered Preliminary Rounds ............................................................................................................... 78 Determining Semifinal Qualifiers ......................................................................................................... 78 Pairing the Semifinal Round ................................................................................................................. 78 Determining Final Round Qualifiers ..................................................................................................... 79 Pairing the Final Round ........................................................................................................................ 79 Determining National Qualifiers .......................................................................................................... 79

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Sweepstakes Awards......................................................................................................................80

Overall District Sweepstakes Plaque .................................................................................................... 80 Congress, Debate, and Speech Sweepstakes Awards........................................................................... 81 District Cumulative Sweepstakes Award .............................................................................................. 81

Reporting to the National Office.....................................................................................................82

District Tournament Audit Procedures ...........................................................................................83

District Tournament Rules and Penalties ........................................................................................84

Debate Events ...................................................................................................................................... 84 Speech Events ...................................................................................................................................... 85

Judge Instructions and Guidelines ..................................................................................................86

General Instructions............................................................................................................................. 86 Statement on Conflicts of Interest in Judging ...................................................................................... 86

District Team for USA World Schools Debate Invitational ...............................................................88

Methods to Select the World Schools District Team ............................................................................ 88 Coach of the World Schools District Team ........................................................................................... 88

District Qualification Process for Big Questions Debates.................................................................89

Entries/Qualification Process ............................................................................................................... 89

SECTION 4: National Tournament Operations Manual ....................................................................90

Entry Requirements........................................................................................................................91

Instructions for Registering .................................................................................................................. 91

General Rules .................................................................................................................................94

Eligibility and Qualification .................................................................................................................. 94 Overarching Competition Rules ........................................................................................................... 95

Tournament Procedures for Debate Events ....................................................................................97

General Rules and Instructions ............................................................................................................ 97 Debate Pairing Instructions .................................................................................................................. 98

Tournament Procedures for Main Speech Events .........................................................................103

General Rules and Instructions .......................................................................................................... 103 Speech Sectioning Instructions .......................................................................................................... 103

National Congressional Debate Procedures ..................................................................................108

Supplemental and Consolation Event Procedures.........................................................................113

Supplemental Events.......................................................................................................................... 113 Consolation Events ............................................................................................................................. 113 Sectioning and Tabulation .................................................................................................................. 113

World Schools Debate Procedures: USWSDI .................................................................................115

Big Questions Capstone Event Logistics ........................................................................................116

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APPENDIX A: Debate Event Time Limits ........................................................................................119 APPENDIX B: Speech Event Time Limits ........................................................................................120 APPENDIX C: Casebook Questions ................................................................................................121 APPENDIX D: Congress Evidence Challenge Form..........................................................................125 APPENDIX E: Change Log ..............................................................................................................126 Questions? ...................................................................................................................................132

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