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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 91 · 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 comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a summary of the points? (a) greeting the audience (b) a summary of the points
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) introducing the topic (d) the attention hook
  9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook (c) thanking the audience (d) the call to action
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  18. 18.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a summary of the points? (a) introducing the topic (b) a summary of the points
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) a preview of the points (d) the main points
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or introducing the topic? (a) thanking the audience (b) introducing the topic
  24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or a story proving a point? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) greeting the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) facts and examples
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  32. 32.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) body, closing, opening (c) opening, closing, body (d) closing, opening, body
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or reasons for your idea? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the memorable last line? (a) the main points (b) the memorable last line
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) thanking the audience
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) reasons for your idea (d) a preview of the points

Answer key

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

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