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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 580 · 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: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  4. 4.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  17. 17.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, body, closing (d) body, closing, opening
  18. 18.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  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: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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