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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 685 · 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 comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  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 is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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