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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 929 · 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: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  13. 13.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  25. 25.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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