Peroration

A “peroration” – from the Latin for “to speak” – is the conclusion of an oration, especially a final summing up and re-enforcement of an argument.

Example (as used by Anthony Giardina in The New York Times): “In 2000, as president of the N.R.A., [Charlton Heston] delivered the peroration: ‘I’ll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands.’”

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