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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 974 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  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 comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  8. 8.🧱 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  11. 11.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points

Answer key

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

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