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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 321 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  32. 32.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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