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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 985 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  12. 12.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  14. 14.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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