#address.speech_act__addres  a formal spoken communication delivered to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
  supertype:  speech_act  the use of language to perform some act
  part:  body.subject_matter  introduction  close
  object:  dithyramb
  subtype:  allocution  (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
  subtype:  colloquium  an address to an academic meeting or seminar
  subtype:  Gettysburg_Address  a 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg
  subtype:  impromptu  an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"
  subtype:  inaugural_address__inauguraladdres__inaugural  an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a US president)
  subtype:  public_lecture__lecture__talk  a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
  subtype:  litany  any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"
  subtype:  oratory  addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"
     subtype:  keynote_speech__keynotespeech__keynote_address  a speech setting forth the keynote
     subtype:  nominating_speech__nominating_address__nomination  an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
     subtype:  oration  an instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"
     subtype:  declamation  vehement oratory
        subtype:  harangue__rant__ranting  a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
           subtype:  screed  a long monotonous harangue
        subtype:  raving  declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs"
     subtype:  stump_speech__stumpspeech  political oratory
     subtype:  valedictory_address__valediction__valedictory  a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class
  subtype:  public_speaking__publicspeaking__speechmaking__speaking__oral_presentation  delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"
     subtype:  recitation.public_speaking__recital__reading  a public instance of reciting or repeating something prepared; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
     subtype:  public_debate__debate__disputation  the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
  subtype:  preaching__sermon__discourse  an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
     subtype:  baccalaureate  a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
     subtype:  kerygma  preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church
     subtype:  Sermon_on_the_Mount  the first major discourse delivered by Jesus; Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49
     subtype:  evangelism  zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel
     subtype:  homily__preachment  a sermon on a moral or religious topic

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