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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 79 · 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) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a preview of the points? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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