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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 490 · 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.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  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 the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  39. 39.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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