The team also hosted its first tournament on the Carroll. Since then, the program has grown continually, with approximately 50 students competing during the last few years. The word forensics has its roots in ancient Greece. In intercollegiate speech competition, the word refers to both debate and individual events speaking. Carroll Community College offers experience in the latter, which includes prepared, limited preparation and oral interpretation of literature events.
Prepared events are original speeches with a ten minute maximum time limit.
Events include Informative, Persuasive, and After Dinner Speaking. Oral Interpretation of Literature Events Oral interpretation of literature is the expressive reading from published works of literary merit. A manuscript is used and the reader begins the presentation with an original introduction. Events have a ten minute time limits. Students may choose to perform prose, poetry, drama, or a thematically linked program that combines 2 or more genres of literature.