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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 671 · 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 body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  8. 8.🧱 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
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) introducing the topic
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  15. 15.🧱 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
  16. 16.🧱 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
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the attention hook? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  38. 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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