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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 432 · 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 comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body

Answer key

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

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