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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 915 · 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 story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  12. 12.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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