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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 279 · 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 closing? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  8. 8.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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