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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 386 · 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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  9. 9.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  29. 29.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a preview of the points? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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