Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure
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.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
- 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
- 4.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) opening, closing, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) closing, opening, body
- 5.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
- 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
- 8.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
- 10.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
- 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or facts and examples? (a) greeting the audience (b) facts and examples
- 12.🧱 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
- 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
- 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
- 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
- 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
- 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
- 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
- 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
- 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
- 24.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) a preview of the points
- 25.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
- 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
- 28.🧱 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
- 29.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
- 30.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
- 31.🧱 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
- 32.🧱 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
- 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
- 34.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the main points
- 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a preview of the points? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points
- 36.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
- 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
- 38.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
- 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.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
Answer key
- reasons for your idea
- facts and examples
- a story proving a point
- opening, body, closing
- a summary of the points
- a story proving a point
- greeting the audience
- the call to action
- the call to action
- facts and examples
- greeting the audience
- the attention hook
- the closing
- facts and examples
- greeting the audience
- the opening
- reasons for your idea
- the closing
- introducing the topic
- thanking the audience
- the opening
- the main points
- a preview of the points
- a preview of the points
- the body
- the main points
- the main points
- facts and examples
- an example or a reason
- thanking the audience
- the main points
- a story proving a point
- the main points
- greeting the audience
- a preview of the points
- the body
- introducing the topic
- the opening
- a preview of the points
- the opening
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