WY Extemp Debate Scrimmage Tourney Extravaganza

2021 — Online, WY/US

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Event Description:

Students are presented with prompts related to societal, political, historic or popular culture and, in 20 minutes, prepare a five-minute speech responding to the prompt. Students may consult articles and evidence they gather prior to the contest, but may not use the internet during preparation. The speech is delivered from memory and no notes are allowed.

Prepared Commentary

1. Topics: A list of topics will be announced on the Association’s website on May 1.

2. Drawing: Competitors will choose one topic from the list to speak on.

3. Preparation: Students will prepare a speech by consulting published books, magazines, newspapers, journals, or sources found on the internet. The internet may be used for preparation. There is no time limit on preparation. Preparation time should not be recorded; only the speech itself should be filmed.

4. Notes: No notes are allowed during presentation.

5. Time: The maximum time limit of a recording is 5 minutes with a 30-second “grace period.” This is a hard limit, and time spent walking to and from the camera counts toward the recording time. If there are multiple judges in the round, all must agree that the student has gone beyond the grace period. Should a student go beyond the grace period, the student may not be ranked 1st. There is no other prescribed penalty for going over the grace period. The ranking is up to each individual judge’s discretion. Judges who choose to time are to use accurate (stopwatch function) timing devices. No minimum time is mandated.

6. Presentation: The commentary must be delivered seated behind a table or desk.