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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 8 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  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) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience 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 body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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