Ohio High School Speech League
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The Ohio High School Speech League (OHSSL) is the body that organizes high school forensic competition in the state of Ohio. The OHSSL provides all of the National Forensic League
events, but several other events including Oratorical Interpretation
, and Prose & Poetry
. In the 2001-2002 season Impromptu Speaking was added as an experimental event. The following year Impromptu was made an official OHSSL event. OHSSL also offers many other common events such as debate
(Public Forum, Policy, and Lincoln Douglas) and IE events such as Drama and International and Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking. Each of the districts takes part in a district tournament, where a set number of people can move on to compete in the State Championship.
The Sharen Althoff US Extemp Award is an award given to the US Extemporaneous Speaker who receives the most firsts in rounds for the duration of the tournament.
National Forensic League
The National Forensic League is a non-partisan, non-profit educational honor society established to encourage and motivate American high school students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking and interpretation. NFL is the America's oldest and largest...
events, but several other events including Oratorical Interpretation
Oratorical Interpretation
Oratorical Interpretation is an event in American competitive high school forensics. Similar to Original Oratory, Oratorical differs in that the speeches performed must be published material, not original material. The speeches given are speeches originally delivered in a public forum...
, and Prose & Poetry
Prose & Poetry
Prose & Poetry, or Prose-Poetry , is a competitive speech event practiced by state high-school forensics or debating associations such as the Ohio High School Speech League and the California High School Speech Association, but not by the National Forensic League...
. In the 2001-2002 season Impromptu Speaking was added as an experimental event. The following year Impromptu was made an official OHSSL event. OHSSL also offers many other common events such as debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
(Public Forum, Policy, and Lincoln Douglas) and IE events such as Drama and International and Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking. Each of the districts takes part in a district tournament, where a set number of people can move on to compete in the State Championship.
The Sharen Althoff US Extemp Award is an award given to the US Extemporaneous Speaker who receives the most firsts in rounds for the duration of the tournament.
Districts
The OHSSL is divided into districts- Akron District
- Canton District
- Cleveland District
- Greater Miami Valley (GMV) District
- Tarhe TrailsTarhe TrailsThe Tarhe Trails District is one of six OHSSL districts, The District is composed of members schools from the Western Ohio NFL District. The District contains members schools from Toledo to Gahanna....
District - Youngstown District