The phrase "as a recitation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that is being repeated or recited, often in an educational or formal context.
Example: "The students were asked to present their findings as a recitation of the key points discussed in class."
Alternatives: "in the form of a recitation" or "as a recital".
There, too, there will be a moment of silence, as well as the national anthem, a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and an Air Force flyover.
Roscoe Lee Brown did a recitation, as did Brock Peters, and Sidney Poitier and Richard Pryor".
They would deliver a monologue, usually informative but oddly without emphasis, as though it were a recitation, and did not appear to be interested in anything that the Blundens had to say.
In surveys, voters often say they do not like negative campaigning, but of course, whether it is perceived as negative or just a recitation of the facts can depend on the listener and the way the gibes are phrased.
ALEX: I awoke throughout the night to what I can only describe as a vigorous recitation of the same, urgent spell.
"A group of wealthy and influential people threatened and traded their way into an unprecedented takeover of government power and private property in an awesome display of greed and avarice," charges a lawsuit by the landowners, in what strikes me as a fair recitation of events.
The Florida secretary of state, Katherine Harris, a co-chairwoman of Mr. Bush's state campaign, met briefly with both camps this morning and then issued a two-page statement that she presented as a simple recitation of her duties under the law.
Naturally, US anti-immigration conservatives have latched onto this, with one blogger at Hot Air describing Pelaez's work as "a derivative recitation of just some of the choicer themes in modern Leftist thought": Dig around the internet and you'll find a few choice nuggets written by Ms Pelaez, mostly in Spanish.
LB144 students attend two 80-minute lectures per week and a single three-hour session that serves as a combined recitation and lab.
