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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 219 · 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 closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  17. 17.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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