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Originally Posted by Rndm_Perfection
And Dyne, that's the type of material that critics like to eat up. Anything that deals with current issues (especially that with equal rights or abortion). Not saying your friend made a poor essay... just that she could've made a poor essay and still had a chance at winning. Just gotta know what to write.
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Stereotypes are not "in." Half the bull**** speeches I got to mark this year were about judgement in one form or another.. and they weren't very enthralling.
She won because of she presented it. She had perfect eye contact and a good speaking voice.. not to mention her pace was awesome. That sums up half the marks right there. The other half is making sense out of your topic, and coming on a logical conclusion or prediction on it. The speech was complete induction, too, so it was a nice change of pace. She didn't even mention the word "stereotypes" until the end.
I'll see if I can get her .doc speech tonight. She'll probably let me read it.
The person who came in second place was complaining about a course we have up here called "Career and Personal Planning." This was a good topic; it explained why we were having our time wasted. Perfect rant in every way.. but that's that-- it was a rant. He accidently downgraded some teachers in the audience who taught this, as well. However, his eyes were all over the paper, and he didn't mantain a very good speaking level--which is why he crapped out and got second. Dylflon actually gave him a standing ovation at the end of the speech. It was supposed to be a bunch of people, actually; he happened to be the only one that stood up after all. :P
Speech topics can be about crap. What matters is that it's not a summary of anything, and you have it practiced and memorized. My friend happened to have good crudentials on both terms.