Thomas S Foley TOC NITOC Bid Memorial Forensics Tournament

2021 — NSDA Campus, WA/US

Novice Oratory

Abbreviation NOO
Format Speech
Entry Fee $0.00 (Plus $30/student)
Entry 1 competitors per entry

Event Description:

The speaker shall deliver from memory a persuasive speech, the purpose of most oratories is to convince, stimulate, or move the audience to change beliefs or actions. However, the speaker may simply alert the audience to a danger, strengthen its devotion to an accepted cause or eulogize a person. The speech must not contain more than I50 words of quoted and/or paraphrased material. WSFA and GSL rules will apply.

The time limit for this event is 10 minutes with a 30 second grace period. Copies of these rules will be forwarded to any school upon request. (Novice and open divisions.) [TOC & NITOC BIDS at Open Level]