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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

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

Answer key

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

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