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