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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 170 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 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
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🔍 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
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points 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 call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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