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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 269 · 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) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🔍 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
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  15. 15.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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