Instead of sharing all 147 lines of your favorite poem in class, you might want to read an excerpt, that is, just a part of the verses, so no one dozes off.
To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
Noun
a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James'' philosophical writings"
Verb
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
v. t.
To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
n.
An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or
record.
Excerpt
Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars.
Excerpt
To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
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