excerpt

(noun)

A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition, or other media.

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Examples of excerpt in the following topics:

  • Archiving IRC

    • Of course, there will sometimes be excerpts that get quoted elsewhere, and that's fine.

  • MLA: Block Quotations

    • However, if you want to quote more than four lines of prose (or three lines of verse) from a source, you should format the excerpt as a block quotation, rather than as a regular quotation within the text of a paragraph.
    • The first line of the excerpt should not be further indented, unless you are quoting multiple paragraphs—in which case the first line of each quoted paragraph should be further indented 0.25 inches.

  • About this author and acknowledgements

    • Also, special thanks to Bruce D Buskirk, PhD, Professor of Marketing, Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management who coauthored the gratefully acknowledged and appreciated excerpts provided by Mentorography, Inc. from Entrepreneurial Marketing: Real Stories and Survival Strategies.

  • Introduction to Major Keys and Scales

    • Listen to these excerpts.

  • APA: Block Quotations

    • However, if you want to quote more than 40 words from a source, you should format the excerpt as a block quotation, rather than as a regular quotation within the text of a paragraph.

  • The Inauguration

    • He described economic relations in moral terms--Roosevelt placed blame for the depression squarely on the greed and shortsightedness of bankers and businessmen, as seen in the following excerpts:
    • In the following excerpts, he addressed the issue which was directly affecting so many Americans:

  • Indicating Who Cares

    • Indicating Your Audience: This excerpt from the introduction identifies the essay's target audience, lays out the costs and benefits, and states the level of expertise expected from readers: "Energy policy affects everyone who pays gas and electricity bills, drives a car, or, for that matter, spends any time at all outdoors.

  • Sample Persuasive Speech

  • Choosing the Right Visual Aid

  • The Speech to Secure Goodwill

    • Often referred to as the "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech ("I am a Berliner"), it is a perfect example of how to build rapport and favorable attitudes between two differing nations, as excerpted below: