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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 296 · 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 closing? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  29. 29.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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