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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 654 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  6. 6.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  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) the main points (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  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 comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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