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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

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

Answer key

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

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