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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 493 · 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 thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  4. 4.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  13. 13.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  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 comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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