Overview of Events

In college competition, competitive speech events include:

  • Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Impromptu Speaking
  • Persuasive Speaking/Oratory
  • Informative Speaking
  • After-Dinner Speaking
  • Rhetorical Criticism/Communication Analysis
  • Dramatic Interpretation
  • Prose Interpretation
  • Poetry Interpretation
  • Duo Interpretation
  • Programmed Oral Interpretation

In addition to speaking events, the IC Debate and Speech Team compete in: