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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 535 · 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 comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  20. 20.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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