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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 916 · 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 of these belongs in the closing? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook (c) greeting the audience (d) reasons for your idea
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a story proving a point (b) a preview of the points (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  3. 3.🧱 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
  4. 4.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  5. 5.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, body, closing
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
  8. 8.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) greeting the audience
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a preview of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  10. 10.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) about 50 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) a summary of the points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
  13. 13.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  14. 14.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  15. 15.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) nothing else (c) a goodbye (d) an example or a reason
  16. 16.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) greeting the audience (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) the call to action
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) the memorable last line (d) thanking the audience
  19. 19.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the memorable last line (d) a story proving a point
  21. 21.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the attention hook (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a story proving a point (c) the main points (d) reasons for your idea
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) reasons for your idea (c) a story proving a point (d) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the call to action (c) the main points (d) introducing the topic
  30. 30.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  31. 31.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) introducing the topic
  32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or thanking the audience? (a) introducing the topic (b) thanking the audience
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea (c) a preview of the points (d) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a preview of the points
  37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the call to action? (a) a story proving a point (b) the call to action
  38. 38.🧱 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
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point

Answer key

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

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