speech

1. is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
   subtypes:

   • allocution - (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
   • colloquium - an address to an academic meeting or seminar
   • dithyramb - a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
   • impromptu - an extemporaneous speech or remark
   • inaugural, inaugural address - an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
   • lecture, public lecture, talk - a speech that is open to the public
   • litany - any long and tedious address or recital
   • oratory - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
   • oral presentation, public speaking, speaking, speechmaking - delivering an address to a public audience
   • discourse, preaching, sermon - an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
   specific instances: gettysburg address - a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863)
   has:

   • body - the central message of a communication
   • introduction - the first section of a communication
   • close, closing, conclusion, end, ending - the last section of a communication
   same as: address
2. referred to in: language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
   is a type of: auditory communication - communication that relies on hearing
   subtypes:

   • words - the words that are spoken
   • orthoepy, pronunciation - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
   • conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
   • discussion, give-and-take, word - an exchange of views on some topic
   • expression, locution, saying - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
   • non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
   • idiolect - the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life
   • monologue - a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
   • charm, magic spell, magical spell, spell - a verbal formula believed to have magical force
   • dictation - speech intended for reproduction in writing
   • monologue, soliloquy - speech you make to yourself
   same as: language, oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication
3. is a type of: utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
4. is a type of: speaking, speech production - the utterance of intelligible speech
5. is a type of: expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
   subtypes:

   • address - the manner of speaking to another individual
   • catch - a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
   • tongue - a manner of speaking
   • shibboleth - a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people
   • tone, tone of voice - the quality of a person's voice
   • elocution - an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
   • inflection, prosody - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
   • inflection, modulation - a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
   is a part of: paralanguage, paralinguistic communication - the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
   same as: delivery, manner of speaking
6. is a type of: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure
   subtypes:

   • preaching, sermon - a moralistic rebuke
   • curtain lecture - a private lecture to a husband by his wife
   same as: lecture, talking to
7. is a type of: line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
   subtypes:

   • aside - a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
   • cue - an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
   • monologue - a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
   • soliloquy - a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
   • throwaway - words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
   is a part of: dialog, dialogue - the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
   same as: actor's line, words
8. associated with: verbalise, verbalize - convert into a verb
   is a type of: faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
   has:

   • lexis - all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
   • lexicon, mental lexicon, vocabulary - a language user's knowledge of words
   same as: language

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