VI.   Argument

Monologue or "Oration" is the first of seven (7) types of Rhetoric. It is a Form of speech characterized by a long speech or prose by one (1) person without interruption.

The word Monologue comes from two (2) words of ancient Greek being μόνος (monos) meaning“ alone, only, sole, single” and λόγος (logos) meaning “speech, oration, prose, discourse”.

The word Oration comes from the Latin word oratio meaning "speech, prose, monologue; emperor's speech".

Monologue is distinguished from other forms of Rhetoric as having a particular nature of divulging personal thoughts, intentions and emotions aloud and directly to another person or audience in distinction to avoidance of subjective and personal material.

A Monologue is distinct from a Soliloquy in which a character may express their personal thoughts, intentions and emotions to themselves and the audience without addressing any of the other characters.