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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 242 · 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) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  21. 21.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  29. 29.🔍 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
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  37. 37.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening

Answer key

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

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