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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 869 · 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 of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  14. 14.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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