What Speech Event Should You Compete In?
What Speech Event Should You Compete In?
How much do you want to memorize?
How much prep work?
Want to manipulate the voice or nah?
Which one sounds better to you?
Want to write a whole speech or part of one?
Which one describes you the most?
Argumentative
Informational
Comedic
or
Acting?
Oratory
Oratory
Well, you should do oratory. Write and memorize a 10 minute speech? Sounds like a blast! It's just and argumentative/persuasive/cause and effect form of speech. Whether you are arguing that the Earth is flat or that ballet is a superior sport to football all you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
A good representation of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OatVrrloTY&t=190s
Radio
Radio
V-V-V-Video K-K-K-Killed the Radiostar! No way you'll revive this with your mad and entertaining voice. Just talk about a topic, not facing a judge, reading it off of a piece of paper and fitting in this specific time between 4:45 - 5:15 minutes, and boi/gurl you be POPPIN! All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1mrRP8zTg0
Expository
(Expos)
Expository
(Expos)
Are you crafty? Like to memorize an 8 minute speech? Then Expos is for you. Go in front of judges with some visual aids varying from no aids, to basic boards, to showing off your tap dancing skills. This event is pretty fantastic for talking about whatever you want. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRNa6d9NP_E
After Dinner Speech
(ADS)
After Dinner Speech
(ADS)
Wanna make fun of an important topic? Like the recent presidential elections? Or self love? Well this is the event for you. Just learn, or be naturally hilarious and be open to the idea of completely destroying the idea of a topic with mad humor. Raise a glass to freedom? No raise a glass to you since you'll kill it at this 6 minute speech! All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKTauh2x2lE
Impromptu
Impromptu
Time to think on your feet, more like have a 30 seconds to think on your feet. Choose between 3 different topics and give a 5 minute speech. Topics are current events, words, quotations, proverbs, phrases, ideas, objects, names, policies, and of course ideas. This is great for people with a wide range of knowledge on many different topics. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq3hNXPDh4g
Extemporaneous
(Extemp)
Extemporaneous
(Extemp)
Time to think on your feet, more like you have 30 minutes to sit down and think on your butt more than your feet. Choose a topic from 3 choices and have a 7 minute, memorized speech ready to go. The topics are current events, domestic and international politics, groups/organizations/alliances, countries and people. Time to use your stange amount of knowledge to use with Extemp. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzoUu1fDmWE
Duo Interpretation
(Duo Interp)
Duo Interpretation
(Duo Interp)
Get a buddy because we are doing some acting. No costumes, props, facing each other, or making contact with each other, just the audience and some insync movements. 10 minutes of your time making the crowd and judge cry to laugh because you guys can act so well. Oscars should be given to you people since you don't have to look at each other and yet still make people feel the feels more than the actual actors. But all you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duJaYLOseiU
Humorous/Dramatic Interpretation
(HI/DI)
Humorous/Dramatic Interpretation
(HI/DI)
Don't have a friend and still want to act? Then DI/HI is the place for you. No props and costumes, just your voice and your amazing hand gestures. This is either serious or funny, but always 10 minutes and memorized. Get your script from novels, poems, plays, or a short story, it just has to be published in paper. But you be SLAYIN at the next tournament making the judge cry from laughing or crying you choose the D or the H. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
HI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd0UYrf5jrg&t=526s
DI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJAIteus5HY
Poetry
Poetry
Hop on the cool kid train with your M.B.B. "Mini Black Binder" you just fill the 8 minutes with your well selected poems. Find at least 3 of your favorite at least 8 lined poems and give this "memorized" program. It should look like you are reading out of your M.B.B. but really you memorized it. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl3lhaESWfY&t=25s
Prose
Prose
Are yu the kid who everyone begs to read in front of the class because you just know how to manipulate your voice and tell a story aloud better than Homer? Well this is the place for you. Just find a good story that can fill the 8 minutes and speak away my child. This is also on the Cool Kid Train with the M.B.B. "Mini Black Binder" just gotta "memorize" your program, but not really you're supposed to look like you are reading it off of you M.B.B. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQZtw6BgGGU
Program Oral Interp
(POI)
Program Oral Interp
(POI)
Choose 2 of 3 of the categories: drama (plays), poetry, or novels to find the best material for your program. You have 10 minutes with no props, nor costumes to tell these stories. You just gotta show the theme between the pieces of literature and have the most subtle distinction between the 2 genres you chose from. All you gotta do is look at the "how to win series" at the official SHS SPADE website to figure out the rules and best way to approach this topic.
Good example of this speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_p9RuDO-Bk
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