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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 557 · 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 comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.🧱 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
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  32. 32.🧱 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
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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