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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 194 · 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 new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🔍 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
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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