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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 489 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.🧱 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
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  15. 15.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or introducing the topic? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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