SPEECH EVENTS

Tabbed by: Xavier Liu (Bellarmine College Prep.)

Schedule

Speech will take place on TWO days with three prelim rounds on Saturday, one prelim and Elimination Rounds on Sunday. Please take a look at the "Global Schedule" on Tabroom to see when our rounds are being scheduled.

Important Reminders

1. Please pay special attention to the Novice Eligibility Requirements found here. Novices should be entered properly in their respective speech events. Failure to adhere to these rules will result in disqualification and being dropped from the Tournament.
2. Our Double Entry policy can be found here. Students cannot enter more than two speech events and may not do both Extemp and Impromptu. Students cross-entered in Speech and either California LD or Parliamentary Debate may only do one speech event. This double entry policy will be enforced on waitlists. Failure to abide by these double entry policies will result in violating entries being dropped in their excess events. Should these drops occur after fees are due, refunds will not be given. If excessive, each excess drop shall incur a fine as well.
3. Please also be sure to check out rules on AI in the Invite.

Extemporaneous Speaking

Extemp Draw will take place via Live Google Doc. That Live Doc is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XKfrFDM--nZpohdW5ZY94n7aol8YUsDEyQ-9K0Y_5_w/edit?usp=sharing

Prep will start promptly 30 minutes prior to the start of each scheduled round. Topics will be posted on the above Google Doc. Students may prep anywhere on campus and may use the Internet. They may not Prep with a partner or with a coach.

Both Novice and Open shall use the same questions!

Double entered students in Extemp should prioritize their Prep. They shall not be given extra prep if they are unable to draw on time. Rounds will not be rerun.

Topic Areas for Extemp are the following:

Round 1 - Asia

Round 2 - US Foreign Policy

Round 3 - Middle East/North Africa

Round 4 - US Politics

Semifinals - Europe

Finals - National and International Economies

Rules and Guidelines

The following events shall follow NSDA Rules: DI, DUO, EXT, HI, INFO, OO, and POI.

The following events shall follow CHSSA Rules: IMP*** and OI.

***Impromptu: Speakers shall be limited to 2 minutes of preparation time and 5 minutes of speaking time. They will be given three topics and will choose one to speak on.

In ALL events, we will be defaulting to NSDA Overtime Rules. All events (including Impromptu and Extemp) shall have a 30 second grace period. If a student goes overtime, the judge may not rank them 1st, but need not rank them last. In other words, judges have the discretion to give a speaker who went overtime any rank other than "1st".

Elimination Rounds, Breaks, and Bids:

The breakpoint shall be determined based on entry size in each event. Should a Novice division not garner sufficient entry, it will be collapsed into the Open Division. We will recognize Top Novices at the Awards Ceremony.

Estimate that approximately 1/3 of the total entry size, with no more than 1/2 the field, shall break to Elimination Rounds, though keep in mind that these may change as we get closer to the Tournament and even after registration has closed. The breakpoints will likely be the following, and are subject to change depending on room considerations:

Events with 7 or fewer entries: No Final Round

Events with 8 - 25 entries: Final

Events with 26 - 59 entries: Semifinal (Depending on the size of the field, we will either break to two sections of 6 or 7 or three sections of 6 or 7.)

Events with 60 or more entries: Quarterfinal

All breaks and placement for this Tournament shall be cumulative across all rounds.

Competitors have the opportunity to earn Bids to both the National Individual Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) and the Tournament of Champions, hosted by the University of Kentucky (UKTOC). The formula to calculate Bids per event can be found at their respective websites here (NIETOC) and here (UKTOC).

Breaks as of Sept. 27th at 7 PM:

Final Round: N DI, N EXT, N INF, N OI, O DUO, O HI, O OI, OPOI

Semifinal Round: N IMP, N OO, O DI, O EXT, O IMP, O INF, O OO

Open Original Oratory (O OO) had several drops prior to the start of the Tournament. That event will be breaking to a 3 section Semifinal and then directly to a Final Round.