Prompts for Practice from NOF Quarter #1
We at NOF attempt to create original prompts for our competitions and after the competition is finished, we want students to have the opportunity to practice using these prompts outside of competition.
Here is a selection of Impromptu, IPDA and Extemporaneous prompts from our latest competition.
Impromptu
Walk the walk, talk the talk.
A thing begun is half done.
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
Wit
Childhood
Advantage
To love beauty is to see light. --Victor Hugo
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --William James
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. --Dag Hammarskjold
IPDA
The USFG should overhaul the Social Security System.
Ranked Choice voting is best
Sacrificing some liberty for security is only prudent.
Establishing taxation on religious organizations is desirable.
The United States should substantially reform Congress
Leasing is a better option than buying a new car
High school should be voluntary.
Laptops should be banned in classrooms
Tom Brady should not have come back from retirement
Attendance policies in education do more harm than good.
NOF Parli
Resolved: When in conflict, the preservation of minority cultural values ought to be valued above the preservation of a unified national culture.
A college degree does more good than harm
Trump is more likely to be re-elected than not in 2024.
High School SPAR
Single-sex schools are better for education
The most addictive Tik Toks videos are the ones where people are escaping death.
Self-determination of peoples should be a human right.
Middle School SPAR
Book smarts are better than street smarts
All high school students should take a philosophy course before graduating
Education until high school should not be mandate
Elementary School SPAR
Living in the city is better than living in the country
Everyone should learn to play a musical instrument
Being scared can be fun