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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 353 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  20. 20.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  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: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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