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.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
- 2.🧱 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
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
- 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
- 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
- 6.🧱 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
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
- 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
- 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
- 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
- 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
- 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
- 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
- 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
- 16.🧱 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
- 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
- 18.🧱 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
- 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
- 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
- 23.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
- 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
- 25.🧱 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
- 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
- 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
- 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
- 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
- 31.🧱 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
- 32.🧱 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
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
- 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
- 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
- 37.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
- 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
- 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
Answer key
- the body
- about 2 or 3
- the memorable last line
- the main points
- opening, body, closing
- reasons for your idea
- reasons for your idea
- greeting the audience
- a summary of the points
- the memorable last line
- the body
- the opening
- the opening
- facts and examples
- the main points
- the main points
- the closing
- introducing the topic
- the body
- introducing the topic
- a preview of the points
- thanking the audience
- the call to action
- the closing
- the attention hook
- the attention hook
- the attention hook
- introducing the topic
- reasons for your idea
- a preview of the points
- introducing the topic
- a story proving a point
- the main points
- greeting the audience
- the opening
- introducing the topic
- an example or a reason
- the attention hook
- introducing the topic
- introducing the topic
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