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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 514 · 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 body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  8. 8.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  27. 27.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason

Answer key

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

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