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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 912 · 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: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) reasons for your idea
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) the memorable last line
  5. 5.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  6. 6.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) the attention hook
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  8. 8.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  9. 9.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) facts and examples (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
  10. 10.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a preview of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) greeting the audience
  14. 14.🧱 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
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  16. 16.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 2 or 3 (b) none at all (c) about 20 (d) about 50
  17. 17.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook (c) a summary of the points (d) the memorable last line
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the memorable last line (b) facts and examples (c) a story proving a point (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  23. 23.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) thanking the audience
  24. 24.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) the call to action (d) reasons for your idea
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
  26. 26.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) a summary of the points
  28. 28.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) facts and examples (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) a summary of the points
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) a summary of the points
  34. 34.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the call to action (d) a summary of the points
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or the main points? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points
  38. 38.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) the call to action (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
  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 body
  2. greeting the audience
  3. reasons for your idea
  4. a story proving a point
  5. the attention hook
  6. a story proving a point
  7. the opening
  8. opening, body, closing
  9. a preview of the points
  10. the closing
  11. the opening
  12. a preview of the points
  13. the main points
  14. facts and examples
  15. the closing
  16. about 2 or 3
  17. greeting the audience
  18. the body
  19. thanking the audience
  20. the attention hook
  21. greeting the audience
  22. the opening
  23. introducing the topic
  24. reasons for your idea
  25. the attention hook
  26. the memorable last line
  27. facts and examples
  28. an example or a reason
  29. the call to action
  30. the body
  31. facts and examples
  32. a summary of the points
  33. the main points
  34. the closing
  35. the memorable last line
  36. greeting the audience
  37. the main points
  38. a summary of the points
  39. the call to action
  40. reasons for your idea

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