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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 89 · 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: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  9. 9.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  24. 24.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  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 of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the main points

Answer key

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

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