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A pair of students acts out an 8 minute cutting from a play, using only a table and two chairs |
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A pair of students acts out an 8 minute cutting from a play, using only a table and two chairs |
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Individual students present an 8 minute cutting from a serious play, performing multiple characters by using changes in voice, facial expression, stance, and gestures. |
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Individual students present an 8 minute cutting from a serious play, performing multiple characters by using changes in voice, facial expression, stance, and gestures. |
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In this event, students prepare a 6 minute speech addressing a question related to a current events topic. Participants keep organized files of news articles from which they use during their 45 minute preparation time before performing. |
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Students are given 8 total minutes to both prepare and perform a speech about a topic they select upon entering the room at competition -- topics generally range from a famous person or event, to a quote, to an interesting word or phrase. |
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Students memorize an 8 minute speech written by someone else, and perform it as if it were their own |
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Students write and memorize an 8 minute, researched, persuasive speech on any topic of importance. |
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Students write and memorize an 8 minute comedy routine, complete with multiple characters and pantomime. |
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Students pretend to address a specific audience, informing and entertaining them about a topic relevant to that audience's interests. The speech is 8 minutes long, memorized, and polished. |
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Students prepare an 8 minute cutting from a novel or short story, and read from the text using interpretive skill. |
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| Students prepare an 8 minute program of poetry united by theme or author, and read from the text using interpretive skill. | |
| Students prepare a 5 minute news broadcast of that day's news, and present it via headsets to listening judges. | |