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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 271 · 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) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  10. 10.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  17. 17.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the attention hook

Answer key

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

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