Prompts for Practice: National Online Forensics Pine Invitational

At NOF, we pride ourselves on crafting unique prompts for our tournaments. Once a competition concludes, we believe in giving students the chance to continue honing their skills with these prompts outside the competitive arena.

Below, you'll find a collection of prompts from categories like Impromptu, SPAR, NOF Parli, and Extemporaneous from our most recent tournament. We trust these will serve as valuable practice material for your upcoming competitions!

Impromptu:

• Mango

• Toes

• Delay

• Irritation

• Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. --Chinese Proverb

• If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars? --African Proverb

• Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” --James E. Faust

• "Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.” --— Harry S. Truman

SPAR:

• The practice of unpaid internships exploits young professionals.

• Junk food should be banned from schools

• Darth Vader was ultimately a hero, not a villain.

Extemp:

• Were House Republicans justified in removing Speaker McCarthy?

• Should the Federal Reserve start lowering interest rates in 2024?

• Are Housing prices going to significantly fall in 2024?

• Has Chair Jay Powell effectively led the Federal Reserve?

• Is additional aid to Ukraine likely to pass the House?