Madison Central Mid State Invitational

2020 — NSDA Campus, MS/US

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Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking

Event Description:

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING (VARSITY AND NOVICE DIVISIONS)

• The tournament director will prepare a list of topics on current foreign and domestic issues. The student will draw three questions and return two before he/she begins his/her preparation period.
• The student will have thirty minutes of time to prepare his/her speech. There is a 30-second grace period. Students who exceed the time limit by more than 30 seconds should not be given first place in a panel.
• The student may use one notecard with a maximum of fifty words on it.
• The student is responsible for providing his/her own extemp file, which may include published books, magazines, newspapers, and journals or articles from those sources, provided they are intact originals or copies of the originals and that there is no written material on the original or the copy. The student may prepare a topical index without annotation for his/her use.
• Extemporaneous Speaking files will be inspected by tournament staff at some point before or during competition.
• Laptop computers and tablet devices may be used by delegates, but may not be used to receive information for competitive advantage from non-competitors (coaches, assistant coaches, teammates, other students, etc.) inside or outside of the room in which the competition occurs.