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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 622 · 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 summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  11. 11.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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