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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 235 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) closing, opening, body
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 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
  10. 10.🧱 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
  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 of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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