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A Blinkin' Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
recital?
what word is used for expressing a person reciting a poem or text with feeling and emotion. (not monotonous reading, or just reading text). I think it might be recital, but it seems that recital is also used for people playing musical instruments....
Any ideas about this word?
Any ideas about this word?
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Hi, We can also speak of 'a poetry recital'. Clive
- Hi, We can also speak of 'a poetry recital'.
- Clive
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So, if I go to the store, I should buy a "poetry recital CD"? And how about if the reader/speaker/reciter is reciting/narrating a piece of literature with lots of feeling?
which word is best to use?
which word is best to use?
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Hi,
So, if I go to the store, I should buy a "poetry recital CD"? I'd just ask for a 'poetry CD'.
And how about if the reader/speaker/reciter is reciting/narrating a piece of literature with lots of feeling? I believe the term' a reading' is often used for this, partciularly when the author is reading his own work.
So, if I go to the store, I should buy a "poetry recital CD"? I'd just ask for a 'poetry CD'.
And how about if the reader/speaker/reciter is reciting/narrating a piece of literature with lots of feeling? I believe the term' a reading' is often used for this, partciularly when the author is reading his own work.
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hi,
"a reading" doesn't sound to grand though, it seems not to convey any kind of feeling. When I hear "let's go hear a reading of <book title>" I would feel that it was normal, like someone reading a bedtime story and not that the literature had a deeper moving feeling if I went to hear it. Is there a word that can convey feeling to the listener so that they would know that if the
"a reading" doesn't sound to grand though, it seems not to convey any kind of feeling. When I hear "let's go hear a reading of <book title>" I would feel that it was normal, like someone reading a bedtime story and not that the literature had a deeper moving feeling if I went to hear it. Is there a word that can convey feeling to the listener so that they would know that if the
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