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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 710 · 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) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  12. 12.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  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 the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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