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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 470 · 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 facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🧱 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
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  13. 13.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  39. 39.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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