National Tournament Patterns
Pattern A*
IPDA (International Parliamentary Debate Association)
Poetry Interpretation
Communication Analysis
Students may enter all three events in Pattern A.
Pattern B
Prose Interpretation
Speech to Entertain
Extemporaneous Speaking
Students may enter only one event in Pattern B.
Pattern C
Persuasive Speaking
Duo Interpretation
Impromptu Speaking
NFA-Lincoln Douglas
Students may enter only one event in Pattern C.
Pattern D
Program Oral Interpretation
Informative
Dramatic Interpretation
NFA-Lincoln Douglas
Students may enter only one event in Pattern D.
Pattern E
Parliamentary Debate
Interpreters' Theatre
Students may enter only one event in Pattern E.
IPDA (International Parliamentary Debate Association)
Poetry Interpretation
Communication Analysis
Students may enter all three events in Pattern A.
Pattern B
Prose Interpretation
Speech to Entertain
Extemporaneous Speaking
Students may enter only one event in Pattern B.
Pattern C
Persuasive Speaking
Duo Interpretation
Impromptu Speaking
NFA-Lincoln Douglas
Students may enter only one event in Pattern C.
Pattern D
Program Oral Interpretation
Informative
Dramatic Interpretation
NFA-Lincoln Douglas
Students may enter only one event in Pattern D.
Pattern E
Parliamentary Debate
Interpreters' Theatre
Students may enter only one event in Pattern E.
Sweepstakes Slots
Slots are used to determine placement in sweepstakes categories.
There are three classifications of Sweepstakes based on number of slots: Hindman Division (small), Wheeler Division (intermediate), and Wyman Division (open). The Hindman schools category shall be determined by counting the slots entered by each school in the tournament. Schools whose slot totals are between 1 and 15 are entered in the Hindman Division. Schools with 15.5 to 30 slots are entered in the Wheeler Division. All schools with 30.5 or more slots are entered in the Wyman Division.
The slots vary by event and mirror the sweepstakes ratio.
Every entry in Interpreters Theatre counts as three slots
Every entry in Parliamentary Debate counts as two slots
Every entry in Duo Interpretation and NFA-LD counts
as one and a half slots
Every entry in Individual Events and IPDA counts as one slot
There are three classifications of Sweepstakes based on number of slots: Hindman Division (small), Wheeler Division (intermediate), and Wyman Division (open). The Hindman schools category shall be determined by counting the slots entered by each school in the tournament. Schools whose slot totals are between 1 and 15 are entered in the Hindman Division. Schools with 15.5 to 30 slots are entered in the Wheeler Division. All schools with 30.5 or more slots are entered in the Wyman Division.
The slots vary by event and mirror the sweepstakes ratio.
Every entry in Interpreters Theatre counts as three slots
Every entry in Parliamentary Debate counts as two slots
Every entry in Duo Interpretation and NFA-LD counts
as one and a half slots
Every entry in Individual Events and IPDA counts as one slot