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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 836 · 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 closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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