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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 513 · 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.🧱 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
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  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 closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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