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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 90 · 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 the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or facts and examples? (a) thanking the audience (b) facts and examples
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the call to action? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) introducing the topic (d) a preview of the points
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  11. 11.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  13. 13.🧱 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
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
  18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or greeting the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) greeting the audience
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) the memorable last line
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  22. 22.🧱 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
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  24. 24.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) an example or a reason (c) a new topic (d) nothing else
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the main points? (a) the call to action (b) the main points
  26. 26.🧱 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
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
  28. 28.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  29. 29.🧱 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
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
  36. 36.🧱 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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the main points
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or introducing the topic? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic

Answer key

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

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