recitation

The act of reciting memorized materials in a public performance.

The material so presented.

Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil.

The class period within which this delivery occurs.

The act of reciting or repeating what has been committed to memory; the oral delivery of a composition without the text, especially as a public exercise or performance.

The rehearsal by a pupil or student of a lesson or exercise to a teacher or other person; a meeting of a class for the purpose of being orally examined in a lesson.

In music:

Same as recitative.