reciting
Delivering from memory
Reciting is the act of speaking something aloud from memory or reading it formally to an audience.
Children recite the Pledge of Allegiance; students recite poems in class.
The word suggests rehearsed or scripted speech rather than spontaneous expression: She was reciting facts like she'd memorized a textbook.
To recite a list of grievances is to enumerate them, often tediously.
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- roteMemorization through repetition
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
repetition · mnemonics · flashcards · remembering · drilling · practice · learning · study
Rhythmic repetitive vocalization
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- prayerAddress to deity
invocation · benediction · scripture · sutra · rosary · hymn · psalm · vespers
Conveyance of goods
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- intonationPitch variation in speech
enunciation · articulation · declamation · oratory · speaking · voicing · expression · phrasing
recall
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- roteMemorization through repetition
rehearsal · repetition · mnemonics · flashcards · remembering · drilling · practice · learning · study · recollection
chanting
Rhythmic repetitive vocalization
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- incantationSpoken magical formula
prayer · invocation · benediction · scripture · sutra · rosary · hymn · psalm · vespers · devotional
delivery
Conveyance of goods
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- projectionSomething that extends outward
intonation · enunciation · articulation · declamation · oratory · speaking · voicing · expression · phrasing · diction
verse
Metered poetic passage
cadence · sonnet · haiku · ode · elegy · ballad · couplet · lyric · epic · refrain
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
myth · folklore · epic · saga · chronicle · griot · bard · raconteur · fireside · yarn
- speechspeech, speaking, talk, diction, conversation
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- Learning Techniquesrepetition, drill, flashcards, practice, rehearsal
- practicingrehearsing, drills, studying, repetition, exercises
- studyingstudying, study notes, learning, study plan, study session
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
recitingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
ad-libbing · extemporizing · freestyling · winging it · making it up
recitinglistening
Attending to sound
staying quiet · hearing · absorbing · pausing · attending
recitingwriting
Recorded language on surface
writing down · transcribing · typing · inscribing · jotting
recite, recital, recited, recitation, recites, recitals, reciter, reciters, recitative