NOUN | communication | peroration | a flowery and highly rhetorical oration |
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communication | peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration |
Meaning | A flowery and highly rhetorical oration. | |
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Broader | oration | An instance of oratory |
Verbs | perorate | deliver an oration in grandiloquent style |
Meaning | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration. | |
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Example | "he summarized his main points in his peroration" | |
Category | rhetoric | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |
Part of | oration | An instance of oratory |
Broader | conclusion, end, close, closing, ending | The last section of a communication |
Spanish | peroración, perorata | |
Verbs | perorate | conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation |
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