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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 978 · 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 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  3. 3.🧱 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
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  9. 9.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body

Answer key

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

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