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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 435 · 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 opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  5. 5.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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