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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 397 · 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 reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  4. 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  23. 23.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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