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Original Oratory

Oratory is an event like no other.   Students get to express their thoughts and ideas on whatever is personal to them.   The speeches may be persuasive, informative, or merely entertaining discussion ( AKA after dinner speaking ).  Many of the best oratories combine the above three elements around a strong thesis statement.

To learn more about Original Oratory please look at the ballots and critique sheets  of the National Catholic Forensics League.
 

In this event students may quote up 150 words from that are not their own.  Below are some useful sources to find these words.


Dictionary.com

 Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th edition

This page was last updated  09/18/2007