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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 283 · 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: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  27. 27.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 50
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  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: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  34. 34.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body

Answer key

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

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