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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 641 · 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 opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  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 is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  32. 32.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening

Answer key

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

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