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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 434 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  2. 2.🧱 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
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.🧱 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
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  12. 12.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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