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declamation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reading, recital, recitation |
| Derivation | declaim |
Examples of declamation
declamation
Note the accent on the second and fourth beats and the rhythmic text declamation.
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The example here, from Verdi's Rigoletto, combines singing with declamation.
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Recently, I coached some eighth grade students in a declamation contest.
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It is all flowery declamation, long-winded exposition and sentiment.
From the guardian.co.uk
The norm is a hybrid form that combines a theatrical performance with political declamation.
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Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but mingled argument with appeal.
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Declamation is the most time-honored of the school's traditions.
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TaNay Mossis was a finalist in varsity oratorical declamation.
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The provision for the support of a military force will always be a favorable topic for declamation.
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- Vehement oratory
- Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
- (declamatory) bombastic: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- Declamation (also known as Oratorical Declamation or Oratorical Interpretation, commonly abbreviated to "dec") is a public speaking event of the National Catholic Forensic League. ...
- (Declamatory) Declamatio (Latin, to declare) is the established rhetorical device of adopting the persona of an ancient figure to express a particular viewpoint or perspective. ...
- The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students; A set or harangue; declamatory discourse; Pretentious rhetorical display, with ...
- Following application to a substrate, the separation of a pressure sensitive material into layers in a direction approximately parallel to the surface.
