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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 340 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  9. 9.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  15. 15.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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