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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 180 · 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 the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  33. 33.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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