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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 174 · 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 a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  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 introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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