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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 713 · 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 comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  2. 2.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the memorable last line? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) none at all (d) about 20
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the memorable last line? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a preview of the points (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) facts and examples
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  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.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, closing, body
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  37. 37.🧱 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
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or facts and examples? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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