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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 833 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  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 body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  22. 22.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body

Answer key

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

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