PJ Invitational CANCELED

2019 — Tampa, FL/US

Extemporaneous Speaking

Abbreviation EX
Format Speech
Entry Fee $20.00
Entry Limit Per School 6
Entry 1 competitors per entry

Event Description:

Each student draws three topics on current issues; chooses one and has thirty minutes to prepare a speech. Any periodical or other published material is permitted in the preparation room. Students may not refer to any written notes during the speech. The selection must be delivered from memory with a maximum length of seven minutes.

The PJ Invitational will use the following topic groupings (one used per round, order TBD):

(i) US Legal & Constitutional Issues; Societal Values & Ethical Issues; Journalistic Integrity & Social Media
(ii) Leaders of Developing Countries; International Conflict & Civil Unrest; US Foreign Policy
(iii) Foreign Economics; US Economic Policy; Medicine, Environment, Science, Tech
(iv) Mixed Media (political cartoons, tweets, etc.; students devise a question informed by the prompt)