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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 719 · 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) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  25. 25.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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