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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 800 · 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 introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the memorable last line? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) none at all
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the call to action? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  17. 17.🧱 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
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  19. 19.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) a preview of the points (d) the attention hook
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
  35. 35.🧱 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
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) greeting the audience (d) the memorable last line
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body

Answer key

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

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