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READING FOR THE STATE ASSESSMENT
On the end of year assessment for English Language Arts, you will be asked to read several different passages and answer questions based on those passages. The following units will review some of types of texts you will be asked to read and some of the types of questions you will be asked to answer.
Narrative Fiction
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Narrative writing is any kind of writing that tells a story. That’s because “narrative” means story.
Fiction writing is based on imaginative events or stories that did not actually happen.
When reading narrative fiction, a reader analyzes how its parts—its characters, settings, mood, and events—work together to create meaning.
Like an informational text, a narrative fiction story will also have a central idea. In fiction writing, the central idea is the theme.
Use the theme litmus test to answer any questions about theme.
For more on finding the Theme of a passage, click on the link below.
Some story details are explicit, or clearly stated. But story information can also be less direct. The reader might have to make an inference, or an educated guess based on details in the story and his or her own knowledge.
Read this part of a short story about two criminals who kidnap a child and hold him for ransom.
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