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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 368 · 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: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience

Answer key

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

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