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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 320 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  24. 24.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  25. 25.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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