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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 605 · 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: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  10. 10.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  18. 18.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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