BC Montana State Tournament 2025
2025 — Worden, MT/US
Memorized Public Address
Event Description:
MPA is an event based on rhetorical analysis, speech significance and speaking ability. The material used in this event should include only those speeches which have originally been presented by the author as an address in a speaker-audience situation. The content of the speeches must have statewide, national or international significance. The address is the quoted material, while the contestant’s original analysis includes the historical and social context of the address and the author’s background and purposes in presenting the speech. The analysis may be included any time throughout the presentation. Each speaker should be free to organize the analysis according to the individual style and be judged as to how competent the speaker was in analyzing the original speech and how effective the presentation was. The mechanics of speech must be observed faithfully –poise, quality and use of voice, effectiveness and ease of gesture, emphasis, variety and enunciation. In addition, the contestant must be able to interpret the full meaning of the oration and provide effective rhetorical analysis to the audience. During the delivery of the presentation, no manuscript may be held or referred to by the contestant. Memorization is mandatory.
Presentations should be appropriate for all audiences.