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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 261 · 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) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  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 body? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  23. 23.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  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 reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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