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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 285 · 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 body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points 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 preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  14. 14.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a preview of the points? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points
  24. 24.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  31. 31.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points

Answer key

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

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