Singletary High School Invitational Tournament
2020 — McMinnville, OR/US
Senior Prose
Abbreviation
SPRO
Format
Speech
Entry Fee
$8.00
Entry Limit Per School
8
Entry
1 competitors per entry
Event Description:
Contestants should read materials from published, printed short stories, novels or essays. Contestants must read from a manuscript or the printed page, although memorization of some passages may occur. Both narration and dialogue are encouraged, but more than 50% of the words in the selection must be narration. Introductions should be memorized or delivered extemporaneously. Time limit is eight minutes with a thirty-second grace period. If laughter delays the speaker, the timekeeper shall make allowance by stopping the watch at the beginning and starting it at the end of each interruption.