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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 378 · 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 closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  14. 14.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action

Answer key

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

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