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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 453 · 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) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🔍 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
  22. 22.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action

Answer key

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

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