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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 239 · 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) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🧱 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
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  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.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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