The Trojan War
2026 — Rigby, ID/US
Original Oratory
Abbreviation
OO
Format
Speech
Entry Fee
$7.00
Overall Entry Limit
40
Entry Limit Per School
6
Entry
1 competitors per entry
Event Description:
Time: 10 min maximum Time signals: not provided
Purpose: The general purpose of the speech is to persuade in order to accomplish a response of feeling, belief, or action. Any other purpose such as to inform or entertain shall be secondary.
Contest: This contest comprises only memorized orations actually composed by the contestants and not used by them during a previous contest season. No visual aids are permitted.
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.
Re-Use: A student may not use an oration the student used in district or national competition in any previous contest year.