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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 246 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  17. 17.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  36. 36.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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