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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 72 · 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 preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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