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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 191 · 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.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  12. 12.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  13. 13.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening

Answer key

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

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