What is another word for tracts?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈakts] (IPA)

Tracts, in the context of literature or writing, typically refer to a short piece of text that conveys a specific message or idea. There are various synonyms that can be used to refer to these texts, depending on the context or intended meaning. Some synonyms include pamphlet, brochure, leaflet, flyer, handout, booklet, and prospectus. These terms typically imply a small and concise piece of text that can be easily disseminated to a wider audience. Other related words may include article, essay, treatise, or commentary, which may refer to longer or more detailed pieces of written work. Overall, the word "tract" can be interchanged with these synonyms to describe the same concept of a brief piece of writing conveying a particular message or idea.

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Usage examples for Tracts

The great majority of isolated hills and hilly tracts owe their existence as such merely to the fact that they are formed of more durable materials than the rock-masses by which they are surrounded.
"Geology"
James Geikie
During the six years ending with his execution in May, 1498, some twenty-three different tracts from his pen, illustrated with one or more woodcuts, were printed at Florence, most of them in several different editions.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
There are broad tracts of the individual's life they would leave free from social control; they would give him, for example, full property in his house and furniture during his lifetime, and the right to spend his income, once he had earned it, in his own way.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae

Famous quotes with Tracts

  • I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.
    Daniel Boone
  • In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper. The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
    Agnes Smedley
  • What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.
    Joan D. Vinge
  • Every life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas.
    Alexander MacLaren
  • We travel because, no matter how comfortable we are at home, there's a part of us that wants - that - to see new vistas, take new tours, obtain new traveler's checks, buy new souvenirs, order new entrees, introduce new bacteria into our intestinal tracts, learn new words for "transfusion," and have all the other travel adventures that make us want to french-kiss our doormats when we finally get home.
    Dave Barry

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