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A vast array of eye catching literary events where over 500 participants vie for top honours. Dumb charades,hieroglyphics,password,crossword, Debates, Elocution, Extempore, , Press Conference , Mock Parliament ,point counter point....and many more
StrongSCHEDULE FOR LITERARY FESTIVAL AT PULSE -2009 Strong
16th
2.00 pm - Eng. Extempore
2.00 pm - Science Quiz Prelims
4.00 pm - Science Quiz Finals
4.00 pm - Hindi Creative Writing
11.00pm - English Hieroglyphics
17th
9.00 am - General Trivia Prelims
10.00am - English Elocution
12.00pm - General Trivia Finals
2.00 pm - Hindi Extempore
2.00 pm - India Quiz Prelims
4.00 pm - India Quiz Finals
11.00pm - English Dumb Charades
1.30 am - Hindi Hieroglyphics
18th
10.00am - Hindi Elocution
10.00am - Movie Quiz Prelims
12.00pm - Movie Quiz Finals
2.00 pm - English Debate
2.00 pm - Cricket Quiz Prelims
4.00 pm - Cricket Quiz Finals
11.00pm - Hindi Password
19th
10.00am - Hindi Debate
12.00pm - English Creative Writing
2.00 pm - Medical Trivia Prelims
11.00pm - English Password
20th
10.00am - Press Conference
11.00am - Sports Quiz Prelims
1.00 pm - Sports Quiz Finals
2.00 pm - Point - Counterpoint
4.00 pm - Medical Trivia Finals
11.00pm - Hindi Dumb Charades
21st
4.00 pm - Just A Minute
22nd
2.00 pm - Literary Megamix
Rules-
RULES
EXTEMPORE
1) Each speaker will be given 2 minutes to speak on the topic provided
2) 2 minutes will be provided for preparation
3) Formal language has to be used, no abuses and preferably no slangs either
4) Rules are subject to change as per the judge’s discretion
DEBATE
1) Topic for the debate is
a. ENGLISH : “ The house believes that sex selection persists because the medical community has not said an emphatic ‘NO’”
b. HINDI : “ ”
2) Each speaker will be given 4 minutes to speak on the topic provided (3minutes+1minute for winding up the speech)
3) 1 minute will be provided thereafter for interjection, where a maximum of 2 questions will be allowed (whichever is earlier). No cross questions allowed
4) Prizes awarded are
a. Team prize: Winner and 1st runner up
b. Individual speaker: Winner and 1st runner up
c. Interjector: Winner and 1st runner up
5) Formal language has to be used, no abuses and no slangs either
6) Rules are subject to change as per the judge’s discretion
ELOCUTION
1) Each speaker will be given 5 minutes to speak
2) The speaker has to get his/her own material for speaking (either prose or poetry)
3) You have to get 4 copies of the material apart from your own copy : 3 for judges and 1 for the organizer ( it’s always better to get a few extra copies to avoid problems)
4) You will be judged on the basis of your vocabulary , articulation and quality of your material
5) Rules are subject to change as per the judge’s discretion
POINT-COUNTERPOINT
1) Each speaker will be given 3 minutes to speak : 1 minute for the topic followed by 1 minute against the topic and then one minute for the topic again
2) 3 minutes will be provided for preparation
3) Formal language has to be used, no abuses and preferably no slangs either
4) Rules are subject to change as per the judge’s discretion
PRESS CONFERENCE
1) Each participant will receive personality and topic for conference, and 2minutes for thinking, and 2minutes for speaking
2) Formal language has to be used, no abuses and preferably no slangs either
3) Rules are subject to change as per the judge’s discretion
MOCK PARLIAMENT
1) Only team entries allowed - a team comprising two people, one will be ruling party and one will be the opposition
2) The ruling party will be given one minute each for preparation and speaking on the topic (to be given at the time of competition). Then t opposition has to then question/defend his/her opinion. The Speaker (one of the judges) can also intervene. Total time per topic will be 4minutes
3) Formal language has to be used, no abuses and preferably no slangs either
4) Rules are subject to change as per the judge’s discretion
