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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 457 · 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: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  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 is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points

Answer key

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

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