declamation

noun

1. the act or art of declaiming.
2. exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.
3. speech or writing for oratorical effect.
4. Music. the proper enunciation of the words, as in recitative.

noun

1. a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
2. a speech, verse, etc, that is or can be spoken
3. the act or art of declaiming
4. music the artistry or technique involved in singing recitative passages

n.

late 14c., from Latin declamationem (nominative declamatio), noun of action from past participle stem of declamare (see declaim).