recitation

This recitation of names creates a powerful ritual.

She only read the poem, and her recitation was interrupted at times by applause.

Competitions in the main pavilion vary from dance to recitation, singing to brass bands.

But he made up for it with a smarmy opening to his acceptance speech in which he gave a mournful minute-by-minute recitation of the assassination attempt.

Her catchphrase has a specific cadence — one that easily evokes a laugh after every recitation.