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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 532 · 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 main points (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  5. 5.🧱 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
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) opening, closing, body
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) the call to action (d) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points

Answer key

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

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