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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 976 · 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.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  21. 21.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook

Answer key

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

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