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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 951 · 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 preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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