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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 510 · 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) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  22. 22.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  26. 26.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points

Answer key

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

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