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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 380 · 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 of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  16. 16.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  22. 22.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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