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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 479 · 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: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  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) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  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 is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  15. 15.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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