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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 526 · 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 opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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