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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 66 · 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 of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  31. 31.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a preview of the points? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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