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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 488 · 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) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook

Answer key

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

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