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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 474 · 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 a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  18. 18.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  26. 26.🔍 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
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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