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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 280 · 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) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  6. 6.🔍 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
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  10. 10.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a preview of the points? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  28. 28.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body

Answer key

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

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