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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 501 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) a goodbye
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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