A short story. / A narration. / (music) A recitative.

The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal / The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.

Capable of being recited.

plural of reciting

One who recites.

plural of reciter

(music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot

of a recital

plural of recitation

The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized. / The material recited. / A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.