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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 140 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  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. opening, body, closing
  2. the body
  3. facts and examples
  4. a preview of the points
  5. an example or a reason
  6. reasons for your idea
  7. greeting the audience
  8. a summary of the points
  9. a story proving a point
  10. the body
  11. the body
  12. the attention hook
  13. the attention hook
  14. the opening
  15. about 2 or 3
  16. the closing
  17. a preview of the points
  18. the attention hook
  19. reasons for your idea
  20. a preview of the points
  21. the body
  22. facts and examples
  23. a story proving a point
  24. greeting the audience
  25. the call to action
  26. greeting the audience
  27. the closing
  28. a preview of the points
  29. a story proving a point
  30. reasons for your idea
  31. the opening
  32. the memorable last line
  33. a preview of the points
  34. a story proving a point
  35. the closing
  36. the main points
  37. a summary of the points
  38. the main points
  39. thanking the audience
  40. the main points

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