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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 677 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  15. 15.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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