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Mon January 29, 2024 at 2:49 AM CST
Courtesy, clarity, and connection. Please be polite, speak to make your points or performance clear to the audience (the judges), and (in debate) explicitly articulate the connection of your evidence to your point(s).
Speech & Debate is as much an educational activity as it is a competitive activity, so my comments will be focused on what seemed to work - or not work - within the context of what it appeared you were trying to accomplish.
I give only a brief paradigm here because I do NOT want you to attempt to tailor your presentation to a bunch of imagined traits and preferences I may or may not possess. Run YOUR case; give YOUR performance - I will judge and comment upon the presentation's face value to the best of my ability.