Transcript Public Address Events

MIFA Middle Level Forensics
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Public Address Events
Fall 2012
• 4 – 7 minutes time guideline
• Oration must be student’s
original work
• Speaker must cite the source
of non-original, quoted or paraphrased material
• May alert audience to
threatening danger, strengthen
devotion to a cause, eulogize a
person, present solution to a
problem
Oratory
• Good orations include
suitability of subject,
originality, depth, orderly
development of ideas
• Manuscript or outline must
be available upon request with
appropriately documented
quoted/paraphrased material
• Oration is persuasive in nature
• May be delivered from
manuscript, memory, outline,
or any combination
• Speech should be well
organized with clear transitions
between sections
• No visual aids are allowed at
the MIFA middle school
tournaments
Sales
• 4 – 7 minutes time
guideline
• Original work
• Must be an actual
product
• Manuscript or outline
must be available upon
request with
appropriately
documented quoted/
paraphrased material
• May use visual aids, audio
visual materials, or
demonstrations, but not as
major focus of speech
• May be delivered from
manuscript, memory,
outline or any combination
• Good sales speech
combines informative and
persuasive techniques to
convince the audience to
want to purchase the
product
Informative
• 4 – 7 minutes time guideline
• Original work
• Non-original, quoted & paraphrased portions must include source
citations
• Good informative speeches includes organization, clarity, amplification
and interest
• Speech should be written to achieve clarity for audience by explaining,
defining or illustrating a subject
• May use visual aids, audio visual materials, or demonstrations, but not as
major focus of speech
• May be delivered from manuscript, memory, outline or any combination
• Manuscript or outline must be available upon request with appropriately
documented quoted or paraphrased material
Declamation
• 4-7 minutes time guideline
• Speech must have been presented as a public address and
published in print
• Original speaker’s words may not be altered for this presentation
with the exception that editing for time is permitted.
• The presentation should include an introduction that provides
the title of the speech and should include relevant information
about the situation in which the speech was originally delivered.
• This event is an exercise in interpretation, not mimicry, so the
contestant should avoid trying to reproduce the delivery style of
the original speaker.
• May be delivered from manuscript, memory, outline or any
combination
Impromptu
• The first speaker will draw 3 questions and choose one, returning the other
questions to the envelope. Prep time begins.
• Speaker may use a blank note card and pen/pencil to make notes during
prep and use during presentation
• 1 minute maximum preparation time
• 2 – 4 minute presentation time guideline
• Speech is worded as it is delivered; the student can’t use any prepared
materials during preparation or presentation
• Speaker should express a personal opinion on topic
• Organization is important
• Question selected should be answered
• Use of examples and illustrations is encouraged
• Use of note card during delivery is optional
• No two students will speak on the same question
Extemporaneous Speaking
• 3-6 minutes time guideline
• Prior to speaking, each contestant will have drawn 3 questions, chosen 1, then
began their 30 minute preparation period.
• Prep room officials know which topic each student is speaking on and their
speaking time. No two students will speak on the same question.
• Contestants are expected to base speech on factual material and interpret those
facts in light of personal thinking and experience.
• Contestants are judged on how well they address the question, use factual
information to support, offer a unique approach to the problem and exhibit clear
and direct oral delivery.
• Organization and transitions are important.
• Speakers must cite the sources of non-original, quoted or paraphrased material.
• Speakers may only use notes made during their 30 minute prep period. Prepared
notes or speeches are not allowed.
• Use of a note card during presentation is optional.