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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 83 · 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) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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