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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 582 · 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: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) a goodbye
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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