General Rules
- An oratory 7–10 minutes in length with a 30 second grace period.
- There may be no more than 150 quoted words, or 30 seconds worth of quoted speech.
- An oratory is given standing up, in front of a judge and five or six other competitors. In semi-finals and final rounds, audiences may be present, and at no point can the competitor's back be turned towards the audience or the judge.
- There may be no props, charts, diagrams, etc.
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