elocuting
Delivering polished speech
Elocuting is the present participle of elocute, a back-formation from elocution.
To elocute is to speak or recite with studied, formal delivery—the kind of careful enunciation and dramatic expression taught in old-fashioned speech classes: She stood elocuting Shakespeare to an empty room.
The word often carries a faintly mocking tone, suggesting overly theatrical or affected speech.
Clarity of spoken words
- dictionChoice of words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- syllabicationDivision into sound units
accentuation · clarity · fluency · vocalization · prosody · stress · articulate · annunciate
Pitch variation in speech
- inflectionWord form alteration
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
pitch · tone · timbre · resonance · volume · pacing · emphasis · projection
Uninterrupted solo address
- stageRaised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- recitationOral delivery from memory
rehearsal · script · dialogue · actor · actress · declaim · spotlight · gesticulation
Oral communication ability
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
address · discourse · sermon · lecture · oration · proclamation · recitation · declamation
enunciation
Clarity of spoken words
- dictionChoice of words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
syllabication · accentuation · clarity · fluency · vocalization · prosody · stress · articulate · annunciate · consonants
intonation
Pitch variation in speech
- inflectionWord form alteration
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
rhythm · pitch · tone · timbre · resonance · volume · pacing · emphasis · projection · expression
monologue
Uninterrupted solo address
- stageRaised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
recitation · rehearsal · script · dialogue · actor · actress · declaim · spotlight · gesticulation · delivery
speech
Oral communication ability
audience · address · discourse · sermon · lecture · oration · proclamation · recitation · declamation · speechmaking
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
logos · convince · appeal · debate · compelling · sway · moving · stirring · impassioned · rousing
elocutingmumbling
Indistinct, quiet speech
muttering · murmuring · slurring · garbling · stammering
elocutingbabbling
Incoherent or infantile speech
rambling · chattering · prattling · blathering · ad-libbing
elocutinggesturing
Moving limbs expressively
miming · keeping mum · signing · pantomiming