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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 304 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body

Answer key

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

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