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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 44 · 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 opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) the call to action
  13. 13.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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