peroration
Oration's closing section
Peroration is the concluding part of a speech or argument, typically where the speaker summarizes key points and makes a final emotional appeal: His peroration roused the crowd to their feet.
The word often implies grandiloquence or rhetorical flourish—sometimes mockingly so: After a lengthy peroration, she finally sat down.
Concluding part of performance
- endingFinal portion of something
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- epilogueConcluding literary section
culmination · windup · summation · wrap-up · sign-off · valediction · completion · final words
Art of persuasive language
- summationAdding to find total
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
- closingFinal stage of something
finale · climax · argument · thesis · rebuttal · counterargument · refutation · reasoning
Summarizing what came before
- summationAdding to find total
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- recapBrief review of events
- reviewCritical written assessment
encapsulation · restatement · rundown · overview · condensation · reiteration · abstract · précis
Persuasive verbal grace
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- addressSpeak to formally
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
speechmaking · podium · lectern · delivery · public speaking · homiletics · sermonizing · stump speech
Pretentious hollow language
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- ornate languageElaborately styled expression
- purple proseOverly elaborate, emotional writing
magniloquence · verbosity · elaboration · aureate · amplification · embellishment · hyperbole · rhetorical device
Ultimate legal petition
- call to actionPrompt urging immediate response
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
- rallying cryPhrase uniting supporters
- urgingStrongly encouraging action
entreaty · closing argument · summoning · incitement · mobilization · emotional climax · galvanizing
finale
Concluding part of performance
- endingFinal portion of something
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- denouementStory's final unraveling
epilogue · culmination · windup · summation · wrap-up · sign-off · valediction · completion · final words · closing remarks
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
- summationAdding to find total
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
closing · finale · climax · argument · thesis · rebuttal · counterargument · refutation · reasoning · logic
recapitulation
Summarizing what came before
review · encapsulation · restatement · rundown · overview · condensation · reiteration · abstract · précis · digest
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- addressSpeak to formally
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
discourse · speechmaking · podium · lectern · delivery · public speaking · homiletics · sermonizing · stump speech · forensics
bombast
Pretentious hollow language
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- ornate languageElaborately styled expression
purple prose · magniloquence · verbosity · elaboration · aureate · amplification · embellishment · hyperbole · rhetorical device · periodic sentence
final appeal
Ultimate legal petition
- call to actionPrompt urging immediate response
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
- rallying cryPhrase uniting supporters
urging · entreaty · closing argument · summoning · incitement · mobilization · emotional climax · galvanizing
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, orations, addresses, keynote speeches
- speechesspeech, addresses, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, argumentation, debate, public speaking
- Roman rhetoricCicero, eloquence, rhetoric, rostra, declamation
perorationexordium
Introductory part of speech
introduction · preamble · opening · prologue · preface
perorationunderstatement
Intentional diminishment for effect
listening · silence · plain speech · attention · brevity