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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 65 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  4. 4.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🧱 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
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) a goodbye
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  11. 11.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a preview of the points? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 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
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 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
  24. 24.🧱 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
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 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
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  35. 35.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) body, closing, opening (d) closing, opening, body
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing

Answer key

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

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