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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 656 · 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.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 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
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) facts and examples
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  25. 25.🧱 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
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 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
  31. 31.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 50 (d) about 2 or 3
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the call to action? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action

Answer key

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

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