Declamation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.

II. Declamation ·noun Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

III. Declamation ·noun 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.