FGCCFL JAS Grand Finals

2025 — Tampa, FL/US

Extemp Topic Areas

Questions in Extemporaneous Speaking will cover events occurring within the previous 4-5 months.

ROUND 1 - Foreign policy and foreign affairs (may include global trade/economy, climate, etc.)

ROUND 2 - U.S. domestic policy and politics (may include business, social issues, media/culture, etc.)

ROUND 3 - Political cartoons

ROUND 4 - Societal values and ethical issues

Topic areas should be interpreted broadly.

ABOUT ROUND 3: The Round 3 prompts will be political/editorial cartoons rather than traditional questions. Contestants will blindly choose three cartoons, then select one on which to base their speech. Contestants are not being asked to analyze the cartoon or to defend or refute its message. Rather, they are to compose and answer their own Extemp question based on the cartoon (or some part thereof). The question should be one that can reasonably be answered in a 7-minute Extemp speech after 30 minutes of preparation.

ABOUT ROUND 4: The Round 4 questions will be questions of value based on current events. Responses may be as concrete or as abstract as speakers deem appropriate but should include appropriate support from recent journalism and commentary.