What Telos Offers

For the 2022 season, NCFCA will offer ten speech events which are divided into three main categories: Platform, Interpretation, and Limited Preparation Speeches. Each of these categories offers distinct opportunities for students to develop their communication skills.

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Telos teaches the following at our club time:
(Limited-prep; platforms and interps)

The goal of the Telos Rhetoric TP Club is to provide a collaborative environment for our members where they can share cases ideas, briefs, and flows for the duration of the debate season.

 

What it is: 

During a round of Team Policy Debate, a team of two debaters will advocate the resolution by proposing a specific plan to accomplish the goal stated in the resolution while another team of two debaters will oppose the topic.

The Lincoln-Douglas debate format is one-on-one debating, named after the famous debates between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.

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The goal of the Telos Rhetoric LD Club is to provide a collaborative environment for our members where they can share cases ideas, briefs, and flows for the duration of the debate season. 

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What it is:

Lincoln-Douglas debate resolutions are constructed to create a clash of competing values rather than the adoption of a specific policy.