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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 345 · 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 introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🔍 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
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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