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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 940 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  25. 25.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action

Answer key

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

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