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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 92 · 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 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
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  14. 14.🔍 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
  15. 15.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 50
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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