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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 198 · 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) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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