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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 141 · 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 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
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  3. 3.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  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 comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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