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recitation

[res-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌrɛs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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Recitation was a huge part of the lessons at her school.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

"Hello-o-o, Deacon, hold up a minute," called Minerva Powelton one day on the way from Recitation Hall.

From The Adventures of a Freshman by Williams, Jesse Lynch

With Finegas, Finn learned the three things that make a poet, and they are Fire of Song, and Light of Knowledge, and the Art of Extempore Recitation.

From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen

Purpose of the Recitation Lesson.—The recitation lesson is the complement of the study lesson.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The Factors in the Recitation Bearing in mind that the formal steps represent intertwined factors of a student's progress and not mileposts on a beaten highway, we may consider each by itself.

From How We Think by Dewey, John




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