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Category Archives: Strategy
Strategy: Navigating the NCFL Grand National Tournament
by Monica Coscia Monica Coscia competed in extemp for Montville Township High School in Montville, New Jersey. She was the 2014 NCFL National Champion in extemp, state runner-up in United States extemp, and the extemp CFL point leader for the … Continue reading
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Strategy: “Lone Wolf” Extemping
[fblike] by Logan Scisco A large majority of extempers compete as part of a team. They allocate cutting assignments for everyone on the squad, may critique each other’s speeches in practice, and provide moral support for each other tournaments. However, … Continue reading
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Strategy: Empathy and Extemp
[fblike] by Dylan Adelman Dylan Adelman competed for Lakeville South High School (MN) and was the 2014 NSDA Nationals runner-up and Final Round Champion in International Extemporaneous Speaking. He previously finished 7th and 11th place in the same category his … Continue reading
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Strategy: Handling Political Cartoon Rounds
[fblike] by Logan Scisco At a few select tournaments throughout the year, you may encounter rounds that are different from what you are accustomed to. Instead of drawing three questions and choosing one to speak on, some tournaments may give … Continue reading
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Heading to NSDA Nationals? Read These NSDA (NFL) Nationals Preview Pieces from the Extemp Central Archives!
If you are an extemper headed to the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament in a couple of weeks, you might find it helpful to read some past NFL Nationals strategy pieces by contributing authors to Extemp Central. … Continue reading
Strategy: Impressing Judges
[fblike] Judges are normal people. They make mistakes, but they do not want to make unpopular decisions if they can avoid it. Depending on your area of the country, judges may know a great deal, or very little about global … Continue reading
Strategy: Answering Controversial Domestic Social Questions
by Logan Scisco The main reason that extempers dislike domestic social rounds is that they cover sensitive issues that many judges have already made up their mind about. Whereas judges rarely have preconceived notions or feelings about Thailand’s political crisis … Continue reading
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Strategy: Maximizing Prep Time
[fblike] According to the rules of extemporaneous speaking, a speaker has thirty minutes to organize their thoughts in a central “preparation” room in order to outline their speech and practice before heading to their competition room. As all extempers can … Continue reading
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Strategy: Preparing for Nationals
by Logan Scisco In just a month’s time, the National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) will host its national tournament and that will be followed a few weeks later by the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA – formerly National Forensic … Continue reading
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Strategy: Answering With a Thesis
[fblike] Most extemporaneous speaking questions will ask speakers to provide a yes or no answer to a given question. Examples of these types of questions are “Should the United States exit Afghanistan by the end of 2014?”, “Can Hillary Clinton … Continue reading
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