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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 499 · 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 reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 50
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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