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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 454 · 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.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 50
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  8. 8.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  20. 20.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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