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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 360 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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