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