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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 288 · 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) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  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.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  12. 12.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 50
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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