dec·la·ma·tion 
(dĕk′lə-māshən)
(dĕk′lə-māshən)n.
1. A recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.
2.
a. Vehement oratory.
b. A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.
[Middle English declamacioun, from Latin dēclāmātiō, dēclāmātiōn-, from dēclāmātus, past participle of dēclāmāre, to declaim; see DECLAIM.]