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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 134 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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