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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 712 · 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 of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  15. 15.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  19. 19.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  20. 20.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action

Answer key

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

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