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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 286 · 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) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  22. 22.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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