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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 865 · 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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason

Answer key

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

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