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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 954 · 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 attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  2. 2.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the call to action (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) the attention hook
  3. 3.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 20 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 50
  4. 4.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) reasons for your idea
  6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  7. 7.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  8. 8.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
  9. 9.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the call to action? (a) a preview of the points (b) the call to action
  11. 11.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  12. 12.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  13. 13.🔍 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
  14. 14.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) greeting the audience
  15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  16. 16.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  18. 18.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) nothing else (d) an example or a reason
  19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  20. 20.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or introducing the topic? (a) facts and examples (b) introducing the topic
  21. 21.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) greeting the audience
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  24. 24.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or the main points? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points
  25. 25.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or thanking the audience? (a) the main points (b) thanking the audience
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) the main points (d) a preview of the points
  29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) the memorable last line (c) a story proving a point (d) the call to action
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or facts and examples? (a) the call to action (b) facts and examples
  31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or the main points? (a) the attention hook (b) the main points
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facts and examples (b) reasons for your idea (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line
  33. 33.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience (c) a summary of the points (d) thanking the audience
  35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or the memorable last line? (a) a story proving a point (b) the memorable last line
  37. 37.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) the call to action (d) introducing the topic
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the main points (c) the attention hook (d) reasons for your idea
  40. 40.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) body, closing, opening (d) opening, closing, body

Answer key

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

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