In Declamation it is your job as the speaker to deliver a speech that is faithful to the idea of the material.  To accomplish this you must fully interpret the text and grasp the meaning behind the words.  As you are working with a speech, a majority of it should be fairly straightforward.  Most speeches are, after all, written to be accessible by the largest possible audience.  This does not equate to lax interpretation, however.  To present a Declamation with...

In the quest for the unique Declamation, giving thought to the speech's proposed audience can make a gargantuan difference.  A good writer will create a work designed specifically towards an audience, therefore new words or ideas can be present which may help place you in a distinct niche.  One such brand of Declamation you may consider researching are those related to a precise ethnicity.  Individual ethnicities have their own beliefs for any topic.  For example,...

Every time I watch a Declamation round, I am reminded that hand gestures are fascinating. They can be extremely powerful, and many times they convey more than words can express – consider the scenes in the movie "Mr. Holland's Opus" with American Sign Language. Even everyday usage of gestures combined with speech is meaningful; a wave hello is very different from a wave goodbye. And the meanings even vary by region – did you know that giving someone a thumbs-up in...

Eye contact is vital with every event you do, but for each event the significance of eye contact alters.  In performance events, such as Duo or Humorous Interpretation, your eyes help with characterization and telling the story.  For example, making a choice to not look at anyone adds gravity to the moment you are in.  In speaking events, the use of your eyes serves as a direct connection between you and your audience.  There are no characters to hide behind or black...

Declamation offers the distinct challenge of merging your interpretation and speaking style with another's.  Surrounded by speaking events where you are the writer, no other places competitors into such a predicament.  With the risk of being compared to another orator, Declamation speakers must seize a speech they did not write and caress the words to become theirs.  This feat must be accomplished while still using good speaking skills.  What sounds intimidating can...

Speaking events allow for movement in the designated performance space.  Blocking can be an effective way to show transition, climax, emphasis, or to move the speech along.  Ususally a speaker moves to various, pre-selected spots with the start of a new paragraph of support and on the conclusion.  That's usually.  Declamation differs from other speaking events in that the speech presented has been done before; you have not created the words.  Therefore, when it...

Much of a Declamation's success rides on the showmanship quality you add.  Appearing confident is one factor of performance (see this article for more information: ).  The other factor is related to energy.  You could have flawless diction and make excellent eye contact, but if you look half asleep your audience will begin to yawn.  Declamation can be a hard event to keep the energy high because it is non-acting and often politically driven.  Speeches are...

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If you have trouble making eye contact with your audience, I suggest you make every attempt to change that practice. A young lawyer with whom I was working would glance about the room, briefly looking at someone and then immediately glancing at someone else, never actually seeing any of us in his audience. At first, you would think he was making eye contact but as he continued in this pattern, you realized that he saw no one in his audience.

A furtive glance tells your listeners...

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