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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 793 · 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) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  24. 24.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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