On Point: Speech and Debate
On Point: Speech and Debate
Luke Elshoff
Argument Selection, Speaker Personas, and Debate Narratives | Caleb Brown
40 minutes Posted Jul 5, 2023 at 11:00 am.
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Caleb has done NCFCA for 5 years, competing in Moot Court, Team Policy, and 7 speech categories. He has won several tournaments in Extemp and has been to finals at tournaments several times in Apol and various platforms. He has been to finals several times in TP - this past year, he had a 50% finals appearance rate. He won R12 Regionals and a Mixer and got several speaks awards, including 2 wins. Caleb has done Moot Court for 3 years, won a tournament, been nationally ranked all 3 years, including 3rd this year, and won 2 speaks awards at tournaments this year. He's also competed in Coolidge for 2 years now, advanced at the Cup, and won 1st place and 1st place speaks at qualifying tournaments this season.

Today he joins me to discuss argument selection, varying types of speaker personas, and, finally, crafting a debate narrative that is effective and doesn't feel out of place.