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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 906 · 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) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  16. 16.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  18. 18.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  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 is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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