Your question should read "What is an excerpt". An excerpt is a passage or a quotation taken from a book, play, film, or speech.
A film excerpt is a section of film, released mostly for promotional purposes.
Other popular terms are "promos" or "snippets."
a quotation of part of a book
An excerpt from Mark Twain's book Life on the Mississippi, was used on the students' benchmark test.
An excerpt usually refers to a part taken from a book or poem. Extracts are flavorings that are used while cooking.
A "snippet" is a short representative excerpt from a literary work.
An excerpt is a selected portion from a longer work such as a film or book. So long as you bear in mind its correct meaning, you can use the word "excerpt" in much the same way that you use the word "sample."The trailer shows an excerpt from the film "Avatar."The author read an excerpt from his new novel. I used an excerpt of the speech in my term paper.
Excerpt is a noun.
The teacher asked us to read an excerpt from the novel before class.
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Bunny rabbits.
An excerpt from Mark Twain's book Life on the Mississippi, was used on the students' benchmark test.
Yes, there is an excerpt for the 8th Maximum Ride book. It's name is Nevermore: A Maximum Ride Novel, and the excerpt is in the back of Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel, Deluxe Edition... Nevermore is set to come out August 6th, 2012.
An excerpt usually refers to a part taken from a book or poem. Extracts are flavorings that are used while cooking.
A "snippet" is a short representative excerpt from a literary work.
An excerpt is a part of a piece of writing generally used to back up another piece of writing. If you are quoting a book for an essay, you are using an excerpt. A sentence might be, "The excerpt from 'Little House on the Prairie' was useful in my essay about pioneer life."
An excerpt is a selected portion from a longer work such as a film or book. So long as you bear in mind its correct meaning, you can use the word "excerpt" in much the same way that you use the word "sample."The trailer shows an excerpt from the film "Avatar."The author read an excerpt from his new novel. I used an excerpt of the speech in my term paper.
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were not allowed to tell you... its illegal. you have to buy the book