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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 157 · 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) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) a goodbye
  10. 10.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook

Answer key

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

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