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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 105 · 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 comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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