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Recitation
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<p>A recitation in a general sense is the act of <a href="/facts/Narrative/RIVoxJpV">reciting</a> from memory, or a formal <a href="/facts/Poetry_reading/m9SKycGv">reading of verse</a> or other writing before an audience. </p><p>Public recitation is the act of reciting a work of writing before an audience. </p>