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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 729 · 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) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) a goodbye
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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