Rogue Valley Invitational at Crater High School Fall 2024
2024 — Central Point, OR/US
Humorous Interpretation
Event Description:
13.11. Humorous Interpretation
13.11.1. Communication among judges during the round. Judges must make independent decisions. Judges shall
not discuss decisions with other judges prior to turning in ballots. Timekeepers may share the length of
a given speech only. If questions arise regarding the rules or conduct of an event, judges shall ask at
Speech State Championships headquarters.
13.11.2. Length. There is no minimum time limit; contestants shall speak no more than 10 minutes with 30 seconds
of grace allowed. If laughter delays the speaker, the timekeeper shall make allowance by stopping the
watch at the beginning and starting it at the end of each interruption.
Time signals may be given at the speaker’s request; however, presentation within the time length is
ultimately the responsibility of the speaker.
Contestants who violate the time limit may receive a lower rank. No contestant may be penalized if a
stopwatch was not used for timing.
13.11.3. Introduction. Each speaker shall appropriately introduce the material. The title and author of the
selection must be given.
13.11.4. Presentation. The materials are to be memorized. Physical objects, props or costumes are not allowed.
Use of focal points and/or direct eye contact with the audience should be determined by the
requirements of the literature being interpreted.
13.11.5. Changing Material. Materials given at the District Tournament must be given at the Speech State
Championships.
13.11.6. Materials. Selections must be cuttings from a single work of literature – from one short story or one play,
or one novel, or one or more poems – as described below.
(a) Print Publications. Includes novels, short stories, plays or poetry, published in print.
(b) Digital (Online) Publications. See 11.7 General Contest Rules: Sources for Interpretation Events.
(c) Prohibited Material. Not published in print or allowable online material per above, including –
(1) Recorded material (videotape, DVDs, audio tape, CDs, MP3s or phonograph recordings).
(2) Original material published in a high school publication such as a newspaper, literary magazine
or yearbook.
Monologues are allowed.
13.11.7. Re-use. No student may use a cutting from the same source, which he used in any contest previous to the
current school year.
13.11.8. Overlap. Students may not use the same material, or cuttings from the same source, in Humorous
Interpretation and any other interpretation event.