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Oratory Contest
Sorry about the catergory. I have an oratory contest this weekend, Sunday. The woman in charge told me that it is not neccessary, but would greatly improve my score if I had my speech memorized. I have already submitted my speech, and it falls into their time limits - five to seven minutes.
So how can I prepare for this. I don't think I'll have too much trouble with memorizing the three pages. What would be the best way to memorize it or learn it. I need to stick to the speech if I did memorize it - so that would mean keep my ideas in order.
Also, I'm afraid that when it comes to actually speaking, I'll get stage fright (heart stomping out of your chest feeling). That always messes me up. Any ideas or suggestions? Things to remember for when I practice? How to practice? Thanks a lot - will rate.
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Memorizing your Speech: A trick I learned in my Speech and Drama class was to
read
read over
read over your
read over your lines
read over your lines one
read over your lines one word
read over your lines one word at
read over your lines one word at a
read over your lines one word at a time.
It never fails.
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Practicing: Always infront of a mirror, or an audience (even if it's just your dog.) If your audience is human you can get feed back from them, if it's the dog, at least you will have gone through the speech with someone watching.
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Besting Stage Fright: KNOW YOUR SPEECH. Seriously, being completely comfortable with the material before you go on is a MUST. When your up there - remember to breathe (deep breaths will help you stay calm,) relax, and smile :)
Good Luck!
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Wow! I did the exact same thing! Doing a speech contest is really quite easy. Okay..my teacher also told me the same thing: To win..you need it memorized. So do this: write your speech on notecards. Go over them every night. Start by reading them out loud. And then slowly, memorize the first notecard, then the second, then the third...etc. Take the notecards everywhere. I took them in the car to places so that on the way there, I could memorize my speech and if I made a mistake or got stuck, I could just look at my notecards.
Hm...breathe in. And breathe out. Remember that you're going to get it over in just a few minutes. To practice pausing, when you're saying your speech, say 'DOT DOT DOT' or 'PAUSE PAUSE PAUSE'. That REALLY helped me, because in my mind, it got stamped down that I needed to pause.
Alright
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ok so im in debate and i kind of get where your coming from because in congress and extemp your supposed to have your speech memorized as well. try to remember key points if you can memorize that everything else should fall in place.
As far as the time limit goes try to speak clearly and not necessarily slow but not so fast no one can understand you which may be hard if your nervous. The thing is when being in front of an audience it takes practice to get over stage fright make your speach in front of friends and family and practice. if you practice you shouldnt be as nervous. good luck!
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Notecards work good. Get the large notecards and write your speech out in outline form. Go over it 5-10 times until you can go through it smoothly. Some people say that if you go over it right before you have to give the speech, then it will completely mess you up, so I'm not sure if I would suggest that. But it really does depend on the type of speaker you are.
You should also practice breathing. I know that when I have to get up and talk in front of people, I have an extremely hard time breathing and end up trailing off. So, if you practice breathing say, after saying every paragraph, just take a second to breath, then you'll feel better about taking a second or two without talking to just breath once your in front of the group.
So, practice the outline, and practice breathing. You'll feel much better when you get up there and you already have time to just breath durring your three pages of speech.
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if possible try writing a summary of your speech on notecards so you can glance at them if you need to. if not dont worry about it, im sure youll be fine!
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