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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 445 · 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 body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  12. 12.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  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 is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening

Answer key

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

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