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