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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 900 · 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 closing? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  30. 30.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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