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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 517 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a goodbye (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a preview of the points? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  33. 33.🧱 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
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body

Answer key

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

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