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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 732 · 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 summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  7. 7.🔍 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
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  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 the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  28. 28.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (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.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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