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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 178 · 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 greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  3. 3.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  26. 26.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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