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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 930 · 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) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  8. 8.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  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.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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