Excerpt
noun
A small piece taken from a book, movie, speech, or other text.
She read an excerpt from her latest novel at the book reading event.
Often appears as...
- excerpt from
- an excerpt of
verb
To take a small piece from a book, movie, speech, or other text.
He excerpted a few lines from the poem to explain his point.
Often appears as...
- excerpt from
- excerpt something from
noun
A small piece taken from a book, movie, speech, or other text.
She read an excerpt from her latest novel at the book reading event.
Often appears as...
- excerpt from
- an excerpt of
verb
To take a small piece from a book, movie, speech, or other text.
He excerpted a few lines from the poem to explain his point.
Often appears as...
- excerpt from
- excerpt something from
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clarity
Use 'excerpt' to clarify what part of a larger text you refer to.
The teacher provided an excerpt from 'Romeo and Juliet' to discuss Shakespeare's language.
Pro Tip 2/3Representation Sample
An 'excerpt' can represent the style or content of a work.
The excerpt of the speech gave us a taste of the speaker's passion.
Pro Tip 3/3Preview Highlight
Excerpts are used in teasers or previews to engage the audience.
Movie trailers often use exciting excerpts to attract viewers.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clarity
Use 'excerpt' to clarify what part of a larger text you refer to.
The teacher provided an excerpt from 'Romeo and Juliet' to discuss Shakespeare's language.
Pro Tip 2/3Representation Sample
An 'excerpt' can represent the style or content of a work.
The excerpt of the speech gave us a taste of the speaker's passion.
Pro Tip 3/3Preview Highlight
Excerpts are used in teasers or previews to engage the audience.
Movie trailers often use exciting excerpts to attract viewers.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clarity
Use 'excerpt' to clarify what part of a larger text you refer to.
The teacher provided an excerpt from 'Romeo and Juliet' to discuss Shakespeare's language.
Pro Tip 2/3Representation Sample
An 'excerpt' can represent the style or content of a work.
The excerpt of the speech gave us a taste of the speaker's passion.
Pro Tip 3/3Preview Highlight
Excerpts are used in teasers or previews to engage the audience.
Movie trailers often use exciting excerpts to attract viewers.
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Let's use video to...
lines you know it's clearly it was helping people but then as the viewership kept growing and kept growing I started getting letters from from people and it was starting to become clear that it was actually more than just a nice-to-have that this is just an excerpt from one of one of those letters
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Dave Isay: Everyone...
and invite people to have this incredibly intimate conversation with another human being. I had no idea if it would work, but from the very beginning, it did. People treated the experience with incredible respect, and amazing conversations happened inside. I want to play just one animated excerpt
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Sarah Kaminsky: My...
and take his silences with him, and take his secrets with him. I managed to convince him that it was important for us, but possibly also for other people that he shared his story. He decided to tell it to me and I made a book, from which I'm going to read you some excerpts later.
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Why we love repetition...
that avoided exact repetition. They heard excerpts from these pieces in either their original form, or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers,
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Martin Villeneuve: How I...
that you see in this excerpt, they're my second example of how constraints can boost creativity, because I desperately needed these objects in my movie. They are objects of desire. They are imaginary musical instruments. And they carry a nice story with them.
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Storytelling can be...
would happen if I had people read excerpts of novels so something that they know is fiction with some facts thrown in because fiction writers like to put in a few fact how will they actually see the world are they going to question the fact so for instance
Video examples
Let's use video to...
This clearly was helping people. But then, as the viewership kept growing and kept growing, I started getting letters from people, and it was starting to become clear that it was more than just a nice-to-have. This is just an excerpt from one of those
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Gever Tulley: 5...
and about some simple things that we can do to raise our kids to be creative, confident and in control of the environment around them. And what I now present to you is an excerpt from a book in progress.
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Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
is accepted into the finest university in the galaxy, planets away? What if she decides to go? This is an excerpt from my "Binti" novella I powered up the transporter and said a silent prayer.
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Welcome to Atlantium,...
atlantean has its own coins banknotes and monetary system we even have our own national anthem the aurora and him it's an excerpt from the third movement
Video examples
Let's use video to...
lines you know it's clearly it was helping people but then as the viewership kept growing and kept growing I started getting letters from from people and it was starting to become clear that it was actually more than just a nice-to-have that this is just an excerpt from one of one of those letters
Video examples
Dave Isay: Everyone...
and invite people to have this incredibly intimate conversation with another human being. I had no idea if it would work, but from the very beginning, it did. People treated the experience with incredible respect, and amazing conversations happened inside. I want to play just one animated excerpt
Video examples
Sarah Kaminsky: My...
and take his silences with him, and take his secrets with him. I managed to convince him that it was important for us, but possibly also for other people that he shared his story. He decided to tell it to me and I made a book, from which I'm going to read you some excerpts later.
Video examples
Why we love repetition...
that avoided exact repetition. They heard excerpts from these pieces in either their original form, or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers,
Video examples
Martin Villeneuve: How I...
that you see in this excerpt, they're my second example of how constraints can boost creativity, because I desperately needed these objects in my movie. They are objects of desire. They are imaginary musical instruments. And they carry a nice story with them.
Video examples
Storytelling can be...
would happen if I had people read excerpts of novels so something that they know is fiction with some facts thrown in because fiction writers like to put in a few fact how will they actually see the world are they going to question the fact so for instance
Video examples
Let's use video to...
This clearly was helping people. But then, as the viewership kept growing and kept growing, I started getting letters from people, and it was starting to become clear that it was more than just a nice-to-have. This is just an excerpt from one of those
Video examples
Gever Tulley: 5...
and about some simple things that we can do to raise our kids to be creative, confident and in control of the environment around them. And what I now present to you is an excerpt from a book in progress.
Video examples
Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
is accepted into the finest university in the galaxy, planets away? What if she decides to go? This is an excerpt from my "Binti" novella I powered up the transporter and said a silent prayer.
Video examples
Welcome to Atlantium,...
atlantean has its own coins banknotes and monetary system we even have our own national anthem the aurora and him it's an excerpt from the third movement
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Scott Shane
American Journalist
President Gerald R. Ford was never one for second-guessing, but for many years after leaving office in 1977, he carried in his wallet a scrap of a 1915 Supreme Court ruling. 'A pardon,' the excerpt said, 'carries an imputation of guilt,' and acceptance of a pardon is 'a confession of it.
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John Searles
American Writer
I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then editor-at-large - editing everything from an excerpt of Gore Vidal's memoir to writing some of those juicy cover lines myself.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
If a book I've committed myself to review turns out to be 'disappointing' I make an effort to present it objectively to the reader, including a good number of excerpts from the text, so that the reader might form his or her own opinion independent of my own.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century seafarers lately, and even the lowliest press-ganged deck-swabber turns a finer phrase than I do most days.
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David Brock
American Author
It's very important to understand that the 'Talk' piece was not an excerpt, it was an adaptation, which means I compressed different parts of the book and made a new piece.
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Scott Adsit
American Actor
I was doing a show in L.A. called 'Celebrity Autobiography,' where celebrities read excerpts from other celebrities' books and hang themselves with their own rope.
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Tara Strong
Canadian Actress
I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
Quote examples
Scott Shane
American Journalist
President Gerald R. Ford was never one for second-guessing, but for many years after leaving office in 1977, he carried in his wallet a scrap of a 1915 Supreme Court ruling. 'A pardon,' the excerpt said, 'carries an imputation of guilt,' and acceptance of a pardon is 'a confession of it.
Quote examples
John Searles
American Writer
I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then editor-at-large - editing everything from an excerpt of Gore Vidal's memoir to writing some of those juicy cover lines myself.
Quote examples
Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
If a book I've committed myself to review turns out to be 'disappointing' I make an effort to present it objectively to the reader, including a good number of excerpts from the text, so that the reader might form his or her own opinion independent of my own.
Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century seafarers lately, and even the lowliest press-ganged deck-swabber turns a finer phrase than I do most days.
Quote examples
David Brock
American Author
It's very important to understand that the 'Talk' piece was not an excerpt, it was an adaptation, which means I compressed different parts of the book and made a new piece.
Quote examples
Scott Adsit
American Actor
I was doing a show in L.A. called 'Celebrity Autobiography,' where celebrities read excerpts from other celebrities' books and hang themselves with their own rope.
Quote examples
Tara Strong
Canadian Actress
I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
Example 1 of 7
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