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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 687 · 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 body? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  23. 23.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 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
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) the attention hook
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience

Answer key

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

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