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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 540 · 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 body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) a new topic (d) an example or a reason
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  14. 14.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  39. 39.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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