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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 980 · 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) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  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 of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  38. 38.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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