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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 895 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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