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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 318 · 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) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  5. 5.🔍 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
  6. 6.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  21. 21.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body

Answer key

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

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