SUNY Potsdam Invitational

2008 — NY/US

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JV Extemp

Event Description:

1) The speech should be an original synthesis by the contestant of the current fact and opinion on the designated topic as presented by numerous sources.2) The contestant should be held accountable for strict adherence to the precise statement of the topic selected and should be penalized for any obvious shifting to a quite different topic.3) Information presented should be well-chosen, pertinent, and sufficient to support the central thought of the topic.4) The speaker is permitted a personal opinion or interpretation of the subject.5) Material should be organized according to some logical plan to produce a complete speech within the time allowed. The speech must be extemporaneous and delivered without notes.6) Speakers shall be allowed to bring to the preparation room the following printed materials and only these:magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, thesaurus, reference indices, newspaper and/or magazine clippings - filesorganized under general headings, almanacs and appropriate reference books, books and/or pamphlets. Speakers may bring laptop computers, but cannot be connected to a network or powersource.7) All material brought into the preparation room by speakers will be subject at any time to scrutiny of the Tournament Committee and staff responsible for this event.8) Speakers may share reference materials; however, any collaboration on speech preparation is forbidden.9) When the speaker's code number is called, s/he draws 3 questions from among those prepared for the specific round. After consideration, the speaker returns 2 and gives the Director of the event the number of the question s/he has chosen to answer. The Director notes the topic and time, and the contestant begins toprepare the speech. The speaker should remain in the preparation room until sent to the competition room by the Director of the event.10) Speakers will have thirty (30) minutes of preparation time. Upon instruction by the Director of the event, speakers must surrender all preparation materials except the drawn question.11) Time limits: Maximum - 7 minutes. If the speaker goes over a 30 second grace period, that contestant may not be awarded first place. No minimum time.