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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 922 · 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 preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  7. 7.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  14. 14.🔍 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
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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