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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 968 · 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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  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.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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