as part of a speaking activity your english teacher organised a declamation contest in the class. Describe the event in a short paragraph
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A declamation speech is the term used to describe the re-giving of an important or famous speech.
It could be a political, graduation or commencement speech, a eulogy, a sermon: any type of speech at all as long as it's one that had significant impact on those who heard it.
The speaker's task is to re-interpret the original, reproducing its power afresh.
Often this exercise will be set as part of studying public speaking skills. The purpose is to have the student directly experience the power of masterfully crafted language. Through their interpretation the techniques and skills of the original orator are learned.
In Toastmasters, the skills learned in giving a declamation speech are covered in the advanced Interpretive Reading manual: project 5 - The Oratorical Speech.
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Declamation speech origins
This method of teaching was used in ancient Greece where public speaking was considered a necessary art for anybody embarking on a career in public service.
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Image: Demosthenes declaiming by the seashore by Eugene Delacroix, 1859
A declamation was a practice piece set by a teacher for exactly the same reason they are set now: to have a student learn the skills of combining eloquent language with equally eloquent delivery in order to argue or persuade.
The great 4th century Greek orator Demosthenes is said to have honed his craft through studying the speeches of the great orators who preceded him.
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