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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 152 · 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 of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  13. 13.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  23. 23.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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