elocution

elocution
    n 1: an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and
         gesture
    

Elocution \El`o*cu"tion\, n. [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus,
   to speak out: cf. F. ['e]locution. See {Eloquent}.]
   1. Utterance by speech. [R.]
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            [Fruit] whose taste . . .
            Gave elocution to the mute, and taught
            The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of
      intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or
      reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The
      elocution of a reader." --Whately
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   3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent
      diction. [Obs.]
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            To express these thoughts with elocution. --Dryden.
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "elocution":
      accents, chatter, comment, conversation, debating, declamation,
      demagogism, discourse, eloquence, forensics, gab, homiletics,
      language, lecturing, oral communication, oratory, palaver, parole,
      platform oratory, prattle, public speaking, pyrotechnics,
      rabble-rousing, rapping, rhetoric, speaking, speech, speechcraft,
      speechification, speeching, speechmaking, stump speaking, talk,
      talking, wordcraft, words, yakkety-yak, yakking