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On occasion, tournaments will deviate from asking standard extemporaneous speaking questions and will do experimental rounds that challenge extempers to think differently about global events. One of these experimental rounds involves narrative questions, which put the extempers in the position of a world leader or other notable figure and ask them how they would decide a significant issue if they were in that person’s shoes. Since extempers rarely practice narrative questions or encounter them during the year, they are sometimes tripped up when they find themselves in narrative rounds and I have seen a few normally distinguished extempers give less than stellar speeches in these rounds. This strategy piece will break down what a narrative question is and provide tips on answering them.