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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 714 · 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 story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  14. 14.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.🔍 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
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  27. 27.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a preview of the points? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points

Answer key

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

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