recitation

noun

1 the recitation of his poem:

recital, saying aloud, reading aloud, declaiming, declamation, rendering, rendition, delivery, performance.

2 do not respond to the question with a recitation of your life story:

account, description, narration, narrative, story, tale, history;

recapitulation, rehearsal, run through;

rare recountal.

3 those who could do so entertained the others with songs and recitations:

reading, passage, piece, something known off by heart;

poem, verse, monologue;

informal one's party piece.