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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 192 · 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) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  13. 13.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body

Answer key

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

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