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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 571 · 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) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  29. 29.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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