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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 861 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the main points

Answer key

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

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