Magnum Opus International Speech and Drama Competition

2021 — Online, BC/CA

High School Original Oratory

Abbreviation HSOO
Format Speech
Entry Fee $50.00 (Plus $25/student)
Entry 1 competitors per entry

Event Description:

Purpose: The general purpose of the speech is to persuade. Any other purpose such as to inform or entertain shall be secondary.

Subject: Any appropriate subject may be used, but the orator must be truthful. Any non-factual reference, especially a personal one, must be so identified.

Quotation: Not more than 150 words of the oration may be direct quotation from any other speech or writing and such quotations must be identified in a printed copy of the oration supplied prior to registration. Extensive paraphrasing from other sources is prohibited.

For more information, please refer to NSDA rules.

Time Limit: 10 mins