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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 481 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  5. 5.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.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) greeting the audience
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  19. 19.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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