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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 673 · 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) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  12. 12.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action

Answer key

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

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