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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 376 · 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 body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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