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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 809 · 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 greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  3. 3.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) a new topic
  6. 6.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  9. 9.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 20 (d) none at all
  10. 10.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  11. 11.🧱 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
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a story proving a point
  13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the main points? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the attention hook? (a) a story proving a point (b) the attention hook
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) a summary of the points
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples

Answer key

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

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