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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 743 · 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 of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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