A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Speech Round 1
Speaker 1
"It’s like I got this music in my mind saying it’s gonna be alright."-Taylor Swift
"You know it's real when you are who you think you are."- Drake
"I have a feeling I’m going to have a lot of cats when I’m older. Just a lot of cats."- Ariana Grande
Speaker 2
"I have this thing where I get older but never wiser."- Taylor Swift
"You know you’re really a grown-up when your mother starts asking you for advice."- Drake
"I don't have an excuse for my behavior. I'm sorry." -Ariana Grande
Speaker 3
"I’m intimidated by the fear of being average."- Taylor Swift
"I'm the type to say a prayer and then go get what I just prayed for."- Drake
"If you wanna see some action, gotta be the center of attraction." -Ariana Grande
Speaker 4
"People haven’t always been there for me, but music has always been there for me." - Taylor Swift
"I’m here for a good time, not a long time."- Drake
"I don't really care what people think about me, because I’m not living my life for them." -Ariana Grande
Speaker 5
"I’m really not that innocent." - Taylor Swift
"Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination."- Drake
"I’ve been there, done that, messed around, I’m having fun, don’t put me down." -Ariana Grande
Speaker 6
"I’m not the girl who’s afraid of heights, but I’m the girl who’s afraid of elevators."-Taylor Swift
"I'm just sayin', you could do better."- Drake
"If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it." -Ariana Grande
Speaker 7
"I'm not a fighter, but if you mess with my friends, I will be."- Taylor Swift
"I can’t help but be myself, I’m an emotional wreck. I can’t just be tough all the time."- Drake
"I want it, I got it, I want it, I got it, you like my hair? Gee, thanks, just bought it."-Ariana Grande
Speaker 8
“I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.” - Taylor Swift
“I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.” - Drake
“Nothing burns more calories than dancing in 5-inch heels... try it!” -Ariana Grande
Speech Round 2: -
Speaker 1
"The course of true love never did run smooth." -Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
"The very essence of romance is uncertainty." -Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility)
"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." -Mary Shelly (Frankenstein)
Speaker 2
"This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." -Shakespeare (Hamlet)
"You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.” -Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
"I had no friend and no one to whom I could turn. I was alone, and the darkness of the night surrounded me." -Mary Shelly (Frankenstein)
Speaker 3
"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" -Shakespeare (Macbeth)
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." -Jane Austen (Emma)
“I am alone, and I am not afraid of it.”-Mary Shelly (The Journal of Mary Shelley)
Speaker 4
"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" -Shakespeare (Richard III)
"I am not a romantic, you know; I never was. I ask only a comfortable home." -Jane Austen (Persuasion)
"In the pursuit of knowledge, I did not consider the consequences of my actions." -Mary Shelly (Frankenstein)
Speaker 5
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." -Shakespeare (As You Like It)
"It is not what we say or think that defines us, but what we do." -Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility)
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."-Mary Shelly (Frankenstein)
Speaker 6
"To be, or not to be: that is the question." -Shakespeare (Hamlet)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
“Every heart that has beat strongly, with a passion that has elevated it, or has made it feel deeply, should know that it can never be quite the same after." -Mary Shelly (The Journal of Mary Shelley)
Speaker 7
"All that glitters is not gold." -Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love." -Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
"You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings." -Mary Shelly (Frankenstein)
Speaker 8
“Now is the winter of our discontent.” -William Shakespeare
“Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.” -Jane Austen
“Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.” -Mary Shelley