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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 1 · 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.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  5. 5.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🔍 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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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