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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 942 · 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 of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  12. 12.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  22. 22.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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