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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 799 · 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) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  16. 16.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  17. 17.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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