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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 119 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook

Answer key

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

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