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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 130 · 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) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  4. 4.🔍 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
  5. 5.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  28. 28.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  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 is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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