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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 811 · 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 thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  3. 3.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) closing, opening, body (b) opening, closing, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) a story proving a point
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  10. 10.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) nothing else (c) an example or a reason (d) a new topic
  11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) the call to action
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🔍 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
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
  21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) facts and examples (d) the call to action
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  24. 24.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a story proving a point
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
  29. 29.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 50
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) reasons for your idea
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or facts and examples? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.🧱 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points

Answer key

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

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