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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 430 · 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) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the main points

Answer key

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

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