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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 910 · 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) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook

Answer key

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

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