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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 986 · 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 the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  11. 11.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) closing, opening, body
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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