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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 133 · 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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  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: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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