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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 835 · 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 facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points

Answer key

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

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