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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 323 · 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 reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  15. 15.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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