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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 927 · 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 summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  3. 3.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🔍 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
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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