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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 874 · 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: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  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 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: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  37. 37.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action

Answer key

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

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