Tell us a story!

So far we have studied passages that inform or persuade. These passages are only 75 to 150 words. The test will include another, longer type of passage: the story, or literary fiction. On the test, literary passages will be about 400 words long.

TSIA2 | Reading

Literary Analysis

In some ways, literary passages are different from informative or persuasive passages. Stories involve characters who develop and interact with one another. They can include dialogue, be told from various points of view, and feature more descriptive language. But even though literary passages develop differently than informative or persuasive ones, the questions asked will largely remain the same as those you have already studied.

​Some questions ask about details in the story...

Some questions ask about relationships between characters or ask about particular characters:

Some questions ask about words used in the passage:

Some questions ask about the main features of the passage: