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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 51 · 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) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  14. 14.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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