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  2. Grand National Tournament - Wikipedia

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    Grand National Tournament in Declamation (also known as Oratorical Declamation or Oratorical Interpretation, commonly abbreviated to "DEC") is a public speaking event of the National Catholic Forensic League. The category is almost always open to high school freshmen and sophomores only.

  3. Declamation - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Rome, declamation was a genre of ancient rhetoric and a mainstay of the Roman higher education system. It was separated into two component subgenres, the controversia, speeches of defense or prosecution in fictitious court cases, and the suasoria, in which the speaker advised a historical or legendary figure as to a course of action.

  4. List of speeches - Wikipedia

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    1975: No More Than a Piece of Paper, the Israeli response to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, that Zionism is "a form of racism and racial discrimination," delivered by Ambassador Chaim Herzog.

  5. Boston Latin School - Wikipedia

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    Students in the 7th through 10th grades are required to give an oration, known as declamation, in their English class three times during the year. The school also holds Public Declamation, in which students from all grades are welcomed to try out for the chance to declaim a memorized piece in front of an assembly.

  6. Public speaking - Wikipedia

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    [10] Persuasive speaking aims to change the audience's beliefs and is commonly used in political debates. Leaders use such public forums in an attempt to persuade their audience, whether they be the general public or government officials.

  7. The Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate

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    (11th & 12th grade) A healthy mind in a healthy body is not being encouraged in our schools. Best Debating Team: L'ecole Chempaka, Trivandrum Best Speaker: Nitya K Nair First Runner-up Speaker: Megha N Nair Pallikoodam East: 11 July 2018: Welland Gouldsmith School, Kolkata. Junior category (9th & 10th grade) By sparing the rod, we have spoilt ...

  8. Arioso - Wikipedia

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    In classical music, arioso (; also aria parlante [1] [ˈaːrja parˈlante]) is a category of solo vocal piece, usually occurring in an opera or oratorio, falling somewhere between recitative and aria in style. Literally, arioso means airy. The term arose in the 16th century along with the aforementioned styles and monody.

  9. Elocution - Wikipedia

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    "An accomplished elocutionist", an illustration of elocutionist performing an open-air recitation, published in The Strand Magazine in 1891. Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone as well as the idea and practice of effective speech and its forms.