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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

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

Answer key

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

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