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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 873 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  21. 21.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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