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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 480 · 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 call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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