recite aloud
- reciteSpeak from memory
- aloudIn spoken form
- speakProduce words aloud
- orationFormal public speech
- poetryMetrical literary composition
verse · declaim · chant · proclaim · reading · perform · voice · dramatic · podium · audience · rehearse · scripture · monologue · intone · articulate · pronunciation · cadence · rhythm
preparation/spontaneity
recite aloudimprovise
Perform without preparation
ad-lib · extemporize · wing it · freestyle · ramble
completeness of expression
recite aloudhold one's tongue
Deliberately not speak
keep quiet · say nothing · swallow one's words · bite one's tongue · suppress