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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 675 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  15. 15.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  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 is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  33. 33.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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