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Platform Rules and Documents
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2012-2013 NCFCA Platform Events include Biographical Narrative, Illustrated Oratory, and Persuasive.
The purpose of the Platform category is to train the student to research, assemble and communicate a prepared speech that would appeal to a variety of audiences.
The topic of each speech is chosen by the student.
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Biographical Narrative
A Biographical Narrative is an original platform speech that focuses on the relevance and/or contributions of a single person’s life. The following goals could be served by the speech: informing, inspiring, persuading, entertaining, or teaching among others. The primary goal of the event is to encourage student recognition of those individuals that have impacted us in profound ways.
Event Rules
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Judge Worksheet
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Ballot
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Illustrated Oratory
The Illustrated Oratory speech is an original platform speech that informs or explains a particular topic with the use of visual aids. The Illustrated Oratory speech should be a compelling speech that is enhanced by but not solely dependent upon the visual aids. The speech could pose a problem, offer a solution, alert to an issue of concern, strengthen devotion to a cause, or more generally to inform. The following goals could be served by the speech: informing, inspiring, persuading, entertaining, or teaching, among others.
Event Rules
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Judge Worksheet
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Ballot
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Persuasive
A Persuasive speech is an original platform speech that attempts to persuade the audience to adopt a particular point of view or course of action. The Persuasive speech could pose a problem, offer a solution, alert to an issue of concern, or strengthen devotion to a cause. The most important goal of the speech would be to attempt to persuade; while informing, inspiring, entertaining, or teaching could also be served by the speech.
Event Rules
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Judge Worksheet
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Ballot
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