THE CATEGORIES

 

Interpretation Events

Dramatic Interpretation:
Students interpret a piece of dramatic literature performed by one individual utilizing two or more characters.

Duo Interpretation:
Two students interpret a cutting from a play.

Poetry:
Students interpret a poem or a selection of poems.

Program Oral Interpretation:
Students interpret a themed program containing two of the three interpretive genres (prose, poetry, drama).

Prose:
Students interpret a piece of prose literature using a manuscript.

 

Limited-Preparation Events

Extemporaneous Speaking:
Students give a five- to seven-minute speech on a domestic, international or economic topic, delivered after a half-hour preparation period.

(NOT AVAILABLE ON THE WSU TEAM (we are WAY to lazy to get up early))

Impromptu Speaking:
Students have seven minutes to prepare and deliver an impromptu speech, usually on a familiar saying or significant quotation; may also be an object or cartoon.

 

Public Address Events

After Dinner Speaking:
Students deliver a humorous speech designed to entertain the audience while persuading or informing.

Communication Analysis:
Students deliver a speech in which the speaker describes, interprets, and evaluates a speech or other rhetorical artifact.

Informative:
Students deliver a speech that heightens the audience's awareness of some subject.

Persuasive:
Students deliver a speech designed to persuade the audience.