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.

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Recitation Quotations

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

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
Lascelles Abercrombie

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.
Robert Anton Wilson

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.
Frank Luntz

Recitation Translations

recitation in German is Abfrage {f}, Vortrag
recitation in Swedish is deklamation

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