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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 788 · 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 a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) a preview of the points
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  7. 7.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) opening, body, closing (c) closing, opening, body (d) body, closing, opening
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 2 or 3
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the main points? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or greeting the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the call to action? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action
  37. 37.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  39. 39.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or a story proving a point? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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