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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

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

Answer key

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

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