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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 849 · 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 part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 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
  3. 3.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point 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 body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  5. 5.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) facts and examples
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a summary of the points
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  10. 10.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  12. 12.🧱 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
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  15. 15.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) thanking the audience
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) the main points
  19. 19.🧱 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
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or introducing the topic? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  23. 23.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
  24. 24.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) nothing else (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) a goodbye
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) a story proving a point
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or the main points? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  34. 34.🧱 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
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  36. 36.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) none at all (b) about 2 or 3 (c) about 50 (d) about 20
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points

Answer key

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

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