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Seventy-First High School Open

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Event rules

Impromptu

Topics will include proverbs, abstract words, events, quotations, and famous people. The speaker has seven minutes in which to prepare a response and present a speech. One notecard may be used for reference The maximum time limit is 7 minutes with a 30-second “grace period,” which includes both preparation and speaking.

Storytelling 

A single published, printed story, anecdote, tale, myth, or legend must be retold using a binder. Any theme/topic area may be used.  The maximum time limit is 7 minutes with a 30-second “grace period.” Gestures, pantomime and characterization, may be used with restraint but the focus must be on the narrative. The retelling must be true to the original tale. The contestant may not add original material or materially change the content of the story.

Oral Interpretation

OI consists of Prose and Poetry. Prose expresses thought through language recorded in sentences and paragraphs: fiction (short stories, novels) and non-fiction (articles, essays, journals, biographies). Poetry is writing which expresses ideas, experience, or emotion through the creative arrangement of words according to their sound, their rhythm, their meaning. Poetry may rely on verse and stanza form.  Only published, printed works may be used, unless the works meet the Interpretation Rules for PDFs, e-books, and online material. No plays or other dramatic materials may be used. In Prose and Poetry, a student may not use the same source they used in Duo, Dramatic, Humorous, or Program Oral Interpretation.  The maximum time limit is 7 minutes with a 30-second “grace period.”  Performances must be from a binder (which may be in a folder). Reading from a book or magazine is not permitted. Rounds will alternate Prose and Poetry with Prose being rounds 1 and 3 and Poetry being rounds 2 and 4. 

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