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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 150 · 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 opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  17. 17.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  23. 23.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  25. 25.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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