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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 324 · 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 the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) a goodbye
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  6. 6.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  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 comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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