NITOC Competition Events
Speech Events
NITOC will offer 12 individual speech events grouped into four main disciplines:
Interpretive Speeches
Dramatic Interpretation
Duo Interpretation
Humorous Interpretation
Open Interpretation
Limited Preparation Speeches
Apologetics
Extemporaneous Speaking
Impromptu
Mars Hill
Platform Speeches
Expository Speaking
Original Oratory
Persuasive Speaking
Wild Card Event Speech
Interp in a Box
Debate Events
NITOC will offer three debate events:
Lincoln-Douglas Value Debate
Team Policy Debate
Parliamentary Debate
NOTE: For Duo Interpretation, Team Policy, and Parliamentary Debate only teams may be invited to the Stoa National Invitational Tournament of Champions. In other words, a student may not receive an invitation with one partner and then compete at the Stoa National Invitational Tournament of Champions with another. If a student receives an invitation with two different partners in the same event, he/she must choose which partner to compete with.