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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 602 · 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) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  8. 8.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  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. a summary of the points
  2. opening, body, closing
  3. greeting the audience
  4. the body
  5. the attention hook
  6. greeting the audience
  7. a preview of the points
  8. about 2 or 3
  9. the body
  10. the closing
  11. a preview of the points
  12. the main points
  13. the opening
  14. the call to action
  15. a preview of the points
  16. introducing the topic
  17. the closing
  18. the memorable last line
  19. facts and examples
  20. facts and examples
  21. an example or a reason
  22. the opening
  23. thanking the audience
  24. a summary of the points
  25. facts and examples
  26. a story proving a point
  27. the attention hook
  28. the body
  29. a story proving a point
  30. the attention hook
  31. the body
  32. introducing the topic
  33. introducing the topic
  34. reasons for your idea
  35. thanking the audience
  36. reasons for your idea
  37. the closing
  38. greeting the audience
  39. the opening
  40. facts and examples

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