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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 371 · 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 call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  14. 14.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  22. 22.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  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 comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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