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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 382 · 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) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook

Answer key

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

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