SAUSD Warm up
2026 — Santa Ana, CA/US
Intermediate Impromptu Speaking
Event Description:
Impromptu is unique in its time constraints. Inother limited preparation events, students havefar more time to think, outline, and practicetheir speech than the seven minutes allottedin Impromptu to choose a topic and deliver aspeech. The event is also different in its highlevel of autonomy. The speech can be light-hearted or serious, and subjects range fromnursery rhymes, objects, current events, andcelebrities to quotations, historical events,politics, and artwork. Impromptu tests yourability to analyze a prompt, process yourthoughts, organize the points of the speech, anddeliver them in a clear, coherent manner.
RULES
Impromptu has a time limit of seven minutes.There is a 30-second grace period. During theseseven minutes and 30 seconds, you will havetime to read the prompt, “prepare” your speech,and perform. If you exceed the seven minutesand 30 seconds, you cannot receive first in theround.