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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 615 · 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.🧱 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
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  4. 4.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 memorable last line
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  15. 15.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  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.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening

Answer key

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

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