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:
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Lincoln-Douglas debate style at the collegiate level is a one-on-one policy format, different than high school. Learn more about this style of debate.