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DECLAMATION - its defination

What is declamation? According to yourdictionary.com Declamation means a speech with feeling, or refers to the act of reciting a speech or rhetoric. A political speech that is a great piece of rhetoric and that inspires others is an example of a declamation. When you deliver a political speech intended to rally supporters and intimidate opponents, this is an example of declamation. From speechanddebate.org Declamation requires students to select a speech that was delivered in public and perform an excerpt of that speech to an audience. From Merriam Webster: expressing feelings or opinions in a way that is loud and forceful HISTORY: Wikipedia.org In Ancient Rome, declamation was a genre of ancient rhetoric and a mainstay of the Roman higher education system. It was separated into two component subgenres, the controversia, speeches of defense or prosecution in fictitious court cases, and the suasoria, in which the speaker advised a historical or legendary figure as to a course of a