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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 195 · 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 the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  20. 20.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or introducing the topic? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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