| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric |
declamation
|
| unchanging intonation |
drone
,
droning
,
monotone
|
| intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer |
fixed intonation
|
| patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
inflection
,
prosody
|
| saying or intonation peculiar to a group |
shibboleth
|
| regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation |
singsong
|
