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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 267 · 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 comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the main points? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) introducing the topic
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  34. 34.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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