Prompts for Practice: National Online Forensics

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:

• Radio

• Village

• Skill

• Disappointment

• The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

• Early bird catches the worm

• Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. --Barry Bonds

SPAR:

• Gambling, in all forms, should be legalized

• Superheroes are misleading idols

• Public shaming is useful

Extemp:

• How does the recent calving of a 380-square-kilometer iceberg from the Brunt Ice Shelf inform our understanding of ice shelf dynamics and climate change?

• Given the World Bank's forecast of the weakest long-term growth outlook for developing economies since 2000, what strategies should these nations adopt to stimulate sustainable economic development?

• In what ways are South American countries addressing public health challenges, such as the mpox outbreak, and what improvements can be made in their responses?