Informative Speaking** : This speech includes well-developed material, which has the primary intent of informing, although persuasive elements may be present. Original material is allowed, and notes are not permitted. The storyteller must sit in a chair, and may use vocal variation and movement to illustrate details of the story. Storytelling : Students prepare four different stories on four different topics and deliver a different story during each round. Tables, chairs and other props and costumes are prohibited. Solo Acting Humorous (Humorous Interp) *: A cutting from drama or other literature adapted to a humorous dramatic format, with brief transitions allowed. Solo Acting Serious (Dramatic Interp) *: A cutting from drama or other literature adapted to a serious dramatic format, with brief transitions allowed.
The contestant must read their selection(s) from a manuscript. Prose : A selection from prose literature, including short stories, cutting from novels, essays or non-fiction work centering on a specific theme or emotion is to be read. Poetry : The contestant should choose a poem or group of poems centering on a specific theme or emotion. Hand props, music, electronic sound effects and costumes are not permitted. The scene selected for presentation must be presented without costumes, makeup, lights, or properties other than an available table (or desk as a substitute) and chairs if required. Lines are spoken from memory and participants must move as they would in a fully produced play. Play Acting: Play acting is a scene or cutting from one play by a group of two to five participants. This category is for the student who wants to expand his/her performance of literature. Oral Interpretation of Literature***: The student prepares two programs of literature, one following the guidelines of Prose the other of Poetry, to be performed in alternating rounds of competition. The material may be a cutting, complete work or group of works compiled from prose, poetry, or essays, but not drama (i.e., plays, screenplays and monologues). Onstage focus (direct eye contact) and physical interaction (touching) is prohibited. Group Interpretive Reading: This category presents a literary script by 2-5 participants in such manner that the audience imagines action being described rather than witnessing it being performed or acting. Nationally, this category is known as Program of Oral Interpretation.
Selections are to be read from a manuscript. (10 min.)įarrago **: "Farrago" includes material from a variety of literary genre (poetry, short stories, speeches, essays, drama, novels) which address a central specific theme or emotion which are interpreted through oral presentation. Emphasis is on the development of character and appropriate physical movement. Lines are spoken from memory using offstage focus. Duo Interpretation *: Duo Interpretation is performance for exactly two people.
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