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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 145 · 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 a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  22. 22.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  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 comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  33. 33.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action

Answer key

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

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