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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 467 · 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) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🔍 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
  13. 13.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  20. 20.🧱 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
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 50
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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