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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 112 · 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 of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  11. 11.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points

Answer key

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

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