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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 484 · 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 opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  5. 5.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  12. 12.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  22. 22.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  33. 33.🔍 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
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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