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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 307 · 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.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  32. 32.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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