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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 806 · 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 opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) the memorable last line
  2. 2.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  7. 7.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, body, closing (d) closing, opening, body
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a story proving a point? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a preview of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or introducing the topic? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  27. 27.🧱 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
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the attention hook? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  37. 37.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.🧱 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

Answer key

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

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