Mountain View Toro Country Classic TOC Congress and IE NIETOC

2021 — Mesa, AZ/US

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Pro Con Challenge

Event Description:

PRO CON CHALLENGE

1. Topics: Students will select the MVTCC topic for CX, LD, PF, BQ, or one piece of legislation in the Congressional Debate Docket. The pro and the con speech must be on the same topic.

2. Speech: Competitors will write and present a 3-5 minute affirmative speech and a 3-5 minute negative speech on that topic. Judges will evaluate the structure, arguments, evidence, and speaking abilities of each competitor and rank them against each other.

3. Time: The total recording time limit is 10 minutes and 30 seconds. This is a hard limit, and time spent walking to and from the camera counts toward the recording time if the performance is recorded. Both the affirmative and the negative speeches will be read within this time limit. If the performance is recorded, students may take recorded “prep time” in between speeches to pull up files or take a short break, but their two speeches must be submitted as one recording that is no longer than 10 minutes and 30 seconds.

4. Judges who choose to time are to use accurate (stopwatch function) timing devices. No minimum time is mandated.

5. Delivery: Students may read from the pre-written text during the speech as if they were presenting a constructive speech in a round. Speeches should not be memorized.