Declamation vs. Drama — What's the Difference?

Declamation (from the Latin: declamatio) is an artistic form of public speaking. It is a dramatic oration designed to express through articulation, emphasis and gesture the full sense of the text being conveyed.

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c.

The action or art of declaiming

A play for theatre, radio, or television

A recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.

An exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance

Vehement oratory.

A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.

A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.

A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.

Theatrical plays of a particular kind or period

The public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges.

The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works.

A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.

A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play

Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.

The quality or condition of being dramatic

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.

A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.

Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)

Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

Theatrical plays in general

Vehement oratory

A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play

Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric

(slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.

A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage;

An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

The literary genre of works intended for the theater

The quality of being arresting or highly emotional