Speech and Debate

What is the time limit for a Congress speech?

• 1 minute

• 2 minutes

• 3 minutes

• 4 minutes

Original Oratory is a speech written by the student to ______________________.

• inform or persuade the audience on a topic of significance

• to argue against another person's speech

• to perform their favorite story

• to make the audience laugh

What is the time limit for an Original Oratory speech?

• 4 minutes

• 5 minutes

• 6 minutes

• 10 minutes

A good Original Oratory speech could be about __________________________.

**Select all that apply**

• colors

• banning pitbulls

• whether or not we should have year-round school

• my sister

Which events must have memorized speeches?

• Original Oratory

• Congress

• Interpretation

• Impromptu

True or False: Your Interpretation piece can be a story you wrote.

• True

• False

An example of an Interpretation piece could be performing...

**Select all that apply**

• a scene from Hamilton

• a page from your little sister's diary

• a chapter from the book Wonder

• a series of poems by Shel Silverstein

True or False: In Congressional Debate, the students who give speeches are called senators or representatives.

• True

• False

A congress speech is followed by two minutes of ___________________.

• singing

• dancing

• questions

• awkward silence

In Impromptu, a speaker is given 7 minutes to...

**Select all that apply**

• read the quote they randomly select

• outline their speech

• give their speech

• get feedback from the judge