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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 846 · 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) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  6. 6.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 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
  11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  12. 12.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  13. 13.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  18. 18.🧱 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
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or introducing the topic? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) facts and examples
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) a story proving a point
  28. 28.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  33. 33.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea

Answer key

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

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