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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 578 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  33. 33.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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