Any periodical or other published material is permitted in the preparation room. Students may refer to one notecard with a maximum of fifty words on it during their speech. Each selection must be a maximum of ten minutes in length. The student must hold a manuscript and appear to be reading. The students alternate between rounds of prose and rounds of poetry.
Students prepare original orations, usually persuasive or informative on a current topic.
Any topic is permissable and any form of oration is permitted. The presentation must be memorized, with a maxium length of ten minutes.