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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 744 · 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 body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  13. 13.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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