Both Uses of

recite
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Unbroken - adapted for young adults

He had no idea how to speak to God, so he recited snippets of prayers he'd seen in movies.†
p. 115.3

Louie wanted to give him a religious eulogy, but didn't know how, so he recited passages from movies.†
p. 128.8 *

Definitions:

(1) (recite)
to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem

or:

to say in detail -- especially a list of things
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

The noun form, recitation, normally refers to the act of reciting or to what was recited; however, much more rarely, it can refer to a session in which a teaching assistant reviews and expands on a teacher's lecture.