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

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    Host School Topic Awards Winner Best Speaker Runner-up speaker Second runner-up speaker 25 September 2013: The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar - IV, New Delhi: Most of the problems of students today arise from their unrestricted freedom: Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai: Kanishk Mittal: Maahir Shah

  3. Academic graduation by country - Wikipedia

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    The principal's speech is followed by the head of the PTA. At junior high school an underclassmen may give a speech thanking the graduating students for things like being good senpai. And this is followed by a student speech from the student president. Students may give set group speeches, as if a dialogue between the lower class and upper class.

  4. Commencement speech - Wikipedia

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    The commencement is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community or a graduating student. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important ...

  5. Humorous Interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Humorous Interpretation (often shortened to "HI", or "Humor") is an event in competitive middle and high school forensics leagues such as the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association and the National Speech and Debate Association. It consists of a piece from any published work, edited to fit within a 10-minute span with a 30 ...

  6. Public forum debate - Wikipedia

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    The topics for public forum have to do with current-day events relating to public policy. Debaters work in pairs of two, and speakers alternate for every speech. It is primarily competed by middle and high school students, but college teams exist as well.

  7. Toast (honor) - Wikipedia

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    A best man's toast takes the form of a short speech (3–5 minutes) that combines a mixture of humor and sincerity. [7] The humor often comes in the shape of the best man telling jokes at the groom's expense whilst the sincerity incorporates the praise and complimentary comments that a best man should make about the bride and groom, amongst others.

  8. Impromptu speaking - Wikipedia

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    Typically in high school speech competitions, a competitor is given 30 seconds to select a topic from a set of topics (usually three). The competitor will then have 5 minutes to compose a speech of five minutes with a 30-second grace period. There is a general outline for impromptu speeches, it is as follows: Introduction/roadmap (1 minute)

  9. Epideictic - Wikipedia

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    Curtius believed that misinterpretations of medieval literature occur because so much of it is epideictic, and the epideictic is so alien to us today. During the Middle Ages it became a "school subject" as the sites for political activity diminished in the West, and as the centuries went on the word "praise" came to mean that which was written.