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2025 — Santa Ana, CA/US

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Intermediate Impromptu Speaking

Event Description:

Impromptu is unique in its time constraints. In

other limited preparation events, students have

far more time to think, outline, and practice

their speech than the seven minutes allotted

in Impromptu to choose a topic and deliver a

speech. The event is also different in its high

level of autonomy. The speech can be light-

hearted or serious, and subjects range from

nursery rhymes, objects, current events, and

celebrities to quotations, historical events,

politics, and artwork. Impromptu tests your

ability to analyze a prompt, process your

thoughts, organize the points of the speech, and

deliver them in a clear, coherent manner.

RULES

Impromptu has a time limit of seven minutes.

There is a 30-second grace period. During these

seven minutes and 30 seconds, you will have

time to read the prompt, “prepare” your speech,

and perform. If you exceed the seven minutes

and 30 seconds, you cannot receive first in the

round.