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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

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

Answer key

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

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