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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 461 · 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 body? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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