speech
Podium address delivery
Speech is the act of speaking or the ability to produce spoken language: She lost her speech after the stroke.
A speech is also a formal address delivered to an audience: The president's speech lasted an hour.
Speech extends to manner of speaking: His speech was slow and deliberate.
In grammar, parts of speech are word categories like nouns and verbs.
Free speech is the right to express opinions without government restriction.
Raised platform for speakers
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- keynoteCentral theme or speech
- addressSpeak to formally
presentation · monologue · sermon · homily · diatribe · harangue · tirade · declamation
Exchange of spoken ideas
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- discussionExchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- talkVerbal exchange between people
banter · chat · colloquy · interlocution · parley · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · back-and-forth
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
articulation · pronunciation · IPA · transcription · allophone · voiced · voiceless · fricative
Pitch variation in speech
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
tone · pitch · stress · accent · emphasis · pacing · tempo · lilt
Solemn binding promises
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- commencementAct of starting
convocation · benediction · tribute · dedication · valedictory · salutatorian · acceptance · farewell
Repeated opening words
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
- ethosCollective moral character
- pathosPity-evoking quality
logos · metaphor · hyperbole · tricolon · parallelism · alliteration · repetition · rhetorical question
Smooth linguistic command
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
- clarityState of being understandable
coherence · lucidity · diction · elocution · silver-tongued · persuasive · polished · refined
Conveyed thought or feeling
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- First AmendmentConstitutional free expression guarantee
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- dissentDisagreement with authority
protest · suppression · silencing · persecution · banned · restricted · protected · chilling effect
Involuntary speech disfluency
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- dysarthriaMotor speech muscle disorder
- mutismAbsence of speech
- dysphoniaImpaired voice production
aphonia · lisp · apraxia · cluttering · dysfluency · impediment · therapy · pathology
podium
Raised platform for speakers
address · presentation · monologue · sermon · homily · diatribe · harangue · tirade · declamation · oratory
conversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- discussionExchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
talk · banter · chat · colloquy · interlocution · parley · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · back-and-forth · repartee
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
diphthong · articulation · pronunciation · IPA · transcription · allophone · voiced · voiceless · fricative · plosive
intonation
Pitch variation in speech
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
rhythm · tone · pitch · stress · accent · emphasis · pacing · tempo · lilt · musicality
vows
Solemn binding promises
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
commencement · convocation · benediction · tribute · dedication · valedictory · salutatorian · acceptance · farewell · wedding
anaphora
Repeated opening words
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
- ethosCollective moral character
pathos · logos · metaphor · hyperbole · tricolon · parallelism · alliteration · repetition · rhetorical question · call-and-response
fluency
Smooth linguistic command
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
clarity · coherence · lucidity · diction · elocution · silver-tongued · persuasive · polished · refined · grandiloquence
expression
Conveyed thought or feeling
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- First AmendmentConstitutional free expression guarantee
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
dissent · protest · suppression · silencing · persecution · banned · restricted · protected · chilling effect · platform
stuttering
Involuntary speech disfluency
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- dysarthriaMotor speech muscle disorder
- mutismAbsence of speech
dysphonia · aphonia · lisp · apraxia · cluttering · dysfluency · impediment · therapy · pathology · selective mutism
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- communicationsannouncement, telephone, address, phone, key messages
- humanperson, individual, man, woman, adult
- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- soundssound, beeps, listen, sounds, hear
- speechspeaking, talk, diction, conversation, pronunciation
speechsilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness · stillness
speechwriting
Recorded language on surface
written word · text · sign language · print · written language
- free speechProtected verbal liberty
- speech bubblesEnclosed comic dialogue areas
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- casual speechUnstudied everyday language
- figure of speechNonliteral expressive phrase
- impassioned speechIntense verbal delivery
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