This is NOT stand-up comedy. Topics must be worthy of critical thinking and social merit. An ADS is 8-10 minutes in length and scripts will not be used. Visual aids may also be used to enhance the speech and sources should be used to back up the information included therein. An ADS is entertaining and fun to present.
Students learn to effectively use humor to make a point.
A Rhet Crit is 8-10 minutes long, original material, and scripts should no be used. The speech is easy to write and memorize. Visual aids may be used to support the speech. Rhet Crit greatly enhances your knowledge of communication theory. Rhet Crit is an extremely powerful tool and enhances students' ability to analyze criteria.