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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 236 · 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 comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  19. 19.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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