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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 690 · 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 introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.🔍 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
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  4. 4.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  28. 28.🔍 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
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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