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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 475 · 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 the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  5. 5.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a preview of the points? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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