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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 456 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  8. 8.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  16. 16.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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