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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 646 · 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.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a summary of the points? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  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 comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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