Practice Prompts: Impromptu & Extemp
Speech and Debate practice prompts can be difficult to generate. To aid forensics speech and debate competitors and their coaches, here are some of the prompts used during the National Online Forensics 2022 Quarter 2 Tournament.
Impromptu Prompts
Ball/ Bat/Bed
Can/Cake/Cap
Day/Dog/Doll
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Chin/Clam/Class
Kite/Lake/Maid
Shop/Show/Sink
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Alarm/Animal/Aunt
Camp/Chicken/Children
Jail/Jam/Kiss
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss
“Everything I do is to become better, the best ever and I’m not going to stop.” – Dolph Ziggler
”All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things. --Stephanie Kwolek
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss
“Blood, sweat and respect. The first two you give. The last you earn. Give it. Earn it.” - The Rock
"I am different, not less" --Temple Grandin
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”― Dr. Seuss
“If your goal isn’t to be on top, then you don’t deserve to be here ” - Big E Langston
Do not allow your mind to be imprisoned by majority thinking. Remember that the limits of science are not the limits of imagination. -- Dr. Patricia Bath
Extemporaneous (Extemp) Prompts
1. Has President Biden done enough to reunite separated families who crossed the border during the Trump administration?
2. Was the Purdue Pharma opioid settlement fair?
3. Should we expect more extreme weather in the next decade due to climate change?
1. What impact would the Build Back better plan have on the global economy?
2. Is student debt really “violence?”
3. What does the return of the GMC Hummer mean for the US auto industry?
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1. Has the CDC done enough to fight the Coronavirus pandemic?
2. How will the pandemic affect Gen-z’s future?
3. Should America trust Dr. Fauci?
1. What does the death of the Squid Games smuggler and imprisonment of Squid Games watchers in North Korea indicate for isolationist mandates?
2. Does China's live bombing in the South China Sea indicate an imminent threat for neighboring countries?
3. What does Kem Sokha's trial say about the future of Cambodia?
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1. Will the Great Resignation help improve working conditions?
2. Is cryptocurrency a good investment?
3. Does AWS have too much control of cloud computing?
1. Should social justice-inspired crimes be forgiven?
2. Will other US cities and states adopt NYC’s noncitizen voting model?
3. Will Democrats disown Manchin?
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1. Iran: is progress being made on nuclear weapon negotiations?
2. Climate Change: was COP26 a flop?
3. North Korea: are economic sanctions an effective tool?
