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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 243 · 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: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  22. 22.🔍 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
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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