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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 160 · 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 opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) closing, opening, body
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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