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Definition of Recitation |
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Recitation
The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered. The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor. Related Definitions: Act, Also, An, As, Audience, Before, By, Committed, Delivered, Delivery, Elocutionary, Especially, Exhibition, Instructor, Is, Lesson, Memory, Of, Or, Reciting, Rehearsal, Repetition, So, Something, That, The, Their, To, Which |
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Recitation Quotations
The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking. Robert Anton Wilson But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell. Lascelles Abercrombie A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth. Frank Luntz The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read. Lascelles Abercrombie |
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Recitation Translations
recitation in German is Abfrage {f}, Vortrag recitation in Swedish is deklamation |
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