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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 458 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  21. 21.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  32. 32.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points

Answer key

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

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