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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 768 · 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or thanking the audience? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) reasons for your idea
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the attention hook
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  19. 19.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) facts and examples
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  27. 27.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or thanking the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience
  40. 40.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line

Answer key

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

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