excerpting
Taking selected portions
Excerpting is the act of selecting and extracting passages from a larger work.
Writers excerpt material when quoting portions of books, articles, or documents: The anthology excerpts writings from dozens of authors.
The word implies deliberate selection—choosing representative or compelling portions rather than reproducing the whole.
Mention of a source
- quotationCited passage or price
- passageSegment of text
- verbatimIn identical wording
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
source · reference · footnote · endnote · pull-quote · transcript · testimony · dialogue
Organizing for presentation
- choosingSelecting from alternatives
- pickingAct of selecting
- extractingPulling out from within
- siftingSeparating by particle size
handpicking · filtering · culling · gleaning · isolating · identifying · highlighting · sampling
Condensed account of essentials
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- abridgmentShortened form of text
- abstractCondensed version of text
outline · précis · overview · distillation · reduction · condensation · epitome · compendium
Emphasizing key parts
- underliningLine drawn beneath text
- markingIndicating with symbols
- note-takingRecording information while listening
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
bookmarking · flagging · tagging · commenting · notation · emphasis · cross-referencing · indexing
citation
Mention of a source
attribution · source · reference · footnote · endnote · pull-quote · transcript · testimony · dialogue · paraphrase
curating
Organizing for presentation
- choosingSelecting from alternatives
- pickingAct of selecting
- extractingPulling out from within
sifting · handpicking · filtering · culling · gleaning · isolating · identifying · highlighting · sampling · winnowing
summary
Condensed account of essentials
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- abridgmentShortened form of text
abstract · outline · précis · overview · distillation · reduction · condensation · epitome · compendium · breviary
highlighting
Emphasizing key parts
- underliningLine drawn beneath text
- markingIndicating with symbols
- note-takingRecording information while listening
marginalia · bookmarking · flagging · tagging · commenting · notation · emphasis · cross-referencing · indexing · cataloging
- shorteningabbreviation, abbreviating, abridgment, truncating, truncation
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
- literary techniquesforeshadowing, alluding, symbolizing, satirizing, parodying
excerptingcompiling
Gathering into unified whole
synthesizing · composing · aggregating · consolidating · integrating