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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 778 · 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 comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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