Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 420 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic
2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
3. 3.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
9. 9.🧱 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
10. 10.🧱 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
11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
33. 33.🧱 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
34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
39. 39.🧱 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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples

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