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by Gabriel Ferrante
Gabriel Ferrante was a competitor for the Iona Preparatory School in New York. He was last year’s Catholic National Champion. In addition, he was an extemp finalist at Yale, Bronx, Villiger, and a champion at the Columbia invitational. He was a competitor at the Montgomery Bell Academy Round Robin and New York Sate Champion in 2013. He is attending the University of Pennsylvania and studying Chemistry and Philosophy. Gabriel wrote this topic area analysis for competitors attending this year’s National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) Grand National Tournament in Chicago, Illinois. It provides tips on navigating the tournament, answering questions in each topic area, and provides a few practice questions for each topic area that extempers can use to prepare for the tournament.