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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 850 · 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 comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  2. 2.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  6. 6.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  19. 19.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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