Prompts for Practice: National Online Forensics Birch 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:

• Apartment

• Moonlight

• Adventure

• Sorrow

• Sacrifice

• Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs. --Chinese Proverb

• Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

• It’s not over till it’s over.

• People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. --John Maxwell

• If you think you have it tough, read history books. --Bill Maher

SPAR:

• STEM subjects are more important than humanities

• All high school students should take a philosophy course before graduating

• Street security cameras are good for society

• There should be a limit for US Senators' terms

NOF Parli:

• This house believes that beauty pageants do more good than harm.

• This hous believes that social media makes people more narcissistic.

• In the US criminal justice system, truth-seeking ought to be valued above attorney-client privilege.

Extemp:

• Has the American government handled the Hawaii fire the right way?

• How can China fix its property slump?

• How will the EU address the Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles?

• What impact (if any) will the UAW strike have on American economics?

• Are Americans confident in Bidenomics?