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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 826 · 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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  14. 14.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🔍 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
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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