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2023 — Santa Ana, CA/US

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Novice Elementary Declamation

Event Description:

Declamation (DEC)

Declamation requires students to select a speech that was delivered in public and perform an excerpt of that speech to an audience. Speeches are up to 5 minutes in length for elementary level. As a result, students typically shorten the text of the speech to meet time requirements. The event is not designed for students to mimic the original author of the speech. Instead, speakers are to develop an oration that delivers the message of the author in an original and engaging manner.

Material: Material must come from a published speech delivered in public, available in print, on the internet, or on a TED Talk.

Time Length: 5 minutes with a 30-second grace period