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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 471 · 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 comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  12. 12.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  13. 13.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  16. 16.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  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 comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  27. 27.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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