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  2. Competitive debate in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 2017 film Speech & Debate is about a group of high school students trying to revive their debate team. [93] The 2018 romantic comedy Candy Jar is about two rival high school debaters competing for college scholarships. [94] The 2022 documentary Girl Talk follows five female high school debaters in Massachusetts. [95]

  3. California High School Speech Association - Wikipedia

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    The California High School Speech Association, or CHSSA, is a speech and debate organization offered to all schools in the state of California. It is the governing body for local and state speech and debate competitions in California, with higher-level competition under the auspices of the National Speech and Debate Association and the National ...

  4. Original Oratory - Wikipedia

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    Original Oratory (often shortened to "OO") is a competitive event in the National Speech and Debate Association, Stoa USA, National Catholic Forensic League, and other high school forensic competitions in which competitors deliver an original, factual speech on a subject of their choosing. Though the rules for the category change from ...

  5. Impromptu speaking - Wikipedia

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    Typically in high school speech competitions, a competitor is given 30 seconds to select a topic from a set of topics (usually three). The competitor will then have 5 minutes to compose a speech of five minutes with a 30-second grace period. There is a general outline for impromptu speeches, it is as follows: Introduction/roadmap (1 minute)

  6. National Speech and Debate Association - Wikipedia

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    There are two general categories of speech events, public address events and interpretive events. Public address events feature a speech written by the student, either in advance or with limited prep, that can answer a question, share a belief, persuade an audience, or educate the listener on a variety of topics.

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  8. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Panegyric – a formal public speech, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. Paradeigma – argument created by a list of examples that leads to a probable generalized idea. Paradiastole – redescription, usually in a better light. Paradox – an apparently absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition.

  9. 4 takeaways from Harris's 'closing argument address' at the ...

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    With just one week to go until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered on Tuesday what her campaign called a “closing argument address” from the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., in ...