excerpt
Quoted text sample
An excerpt is a passage or segment taken from a longer work—a book, speech, film, or musical composition.
To excerpt something is to select and reproduce such a portion: The magazine excerpted three chapters from her memoir.
Excerpts serve to give readers or listeners a taste of the whole, often appearing in reviews, anthologies, or promotional materials.
Repeated words from another
- citationMention of a source
- passageSegment of text
- selectionChosen item or items
- snippetSmall cut portion
fragment · clip · cutting · extract · pull-quote · epigraph · blurb · soundbite
Carefully pick from options
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- cullSelective removal
- pullForce toward oneself
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
copy · transcribe · reproduce · compile · anthologize · abridge · abbreviate · condense
Segment of text
- paragraphDistinct section of text
- sectionDistinct divided part
- chapterDivision of a book
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
portion · segment · part · piece · text · reading · sampling · selection
quote
Repeated words from another
snippet · fragment · clip · cutting · extract · pull-quote · epigraph · blurb · soundbite · highlight
select
Carefully pick from options
lift · copy · transcribe · reproduce · compile · anthologize · abridge · abbreviate · condense · isolate
passage
Segment of text
fragment · portion · segment · part · piece · text · reading · sampling · selection · block
movement
Change in position
phrase · theme · motif · overture · sonata · symphony · arrangement · transcription · score · performance
novel
New and unusual
narrative · anthology · memoir · essay · speech · manuscript · work · source · original · author
- videosvideos, clip, clips, video clip, films
- recorded mediavideo, audio, clip, video clip, audio clip
- book promotionbook launch, book tour, book signing, book signings, book trailer
- media samplesaudio clip, video clip, sound bite, demo track, preview
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- textstext, book, article, essay, document
excerptwhole
Full and undivided
entirety · totality · full text · full version · original
excerptinsert
Place within another thing
add · insertion · interpolation · addition · incorporate
- book excerptQuoted section from publication
- musical excerptsPortions from compositions