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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 830 · 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 opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.🧱 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
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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