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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 460 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  11. 11.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
  15. 15.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  20. 20.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  27. 27.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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