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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 116 · 40 questions
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Speaker's tip (Tell, explain, remind): Opening: greeting, hook, topic, a preview of the points. Body: the main points (about 2 or 3 in a short speech), each with an example or a reason. Closing: a summary, the call to action, thanks and a memorable last line.

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  1. 1.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  5. 5.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  6. 6.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  12. 12.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points

Answer key

  1. thanking the audience
  2. a preview of the points
  3. the opening
  4. thanking the audience
  5. an example or a reason
  6. the body
  7. the attention hook
  8. greeting the audience
  9. greeting the audience
  10. the opening
  11. the attention hook
  12. opening, body, closing
  13. the closing
  14. the closing
  15. the opening
  16. facts and examples
  17. greeting the audience
  18. a summary of the points
  19. a story proving a point
  20. the main points
  21. a preview of the points
  22. reasons for your idea
  23. about 2 or 3
  24. a story proving a point
  25. the closing
  26. the body
  27. facts and examples
  28. facts and examples
  29. a preview of the points
  30. the main points
  31. the memorable last line
  32. a summary of the points
  33. introducing the topic
  34. the attention hook
  35. introducing the topic
  36. the closing
  37. a preview of the points
  38. greeting the audience
  39. the attention hook
  40. the main points

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