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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 47 · 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) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points

Answer key

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

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