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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
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Article, text, passage

What do you call the story you find in a reading textbook? Do you call it a text, article or a passage?

What are the correct way to indicate a differnt story in a reading textbook?
  

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It could be any of those, or a 'story'. It depends on its length and nature. A story is generally fiction, an article is generally topical non-fiction, a text is generally any written material used for teaching, and a passage is usually an excerpt from a longer work.

  • It could be any of those, or a 'story'.
  • It depends on its length and nature.
  • A story is generally fiction, an article is generally topical non-fiction, a text is generally any written material used for teaching, and a passage is usually an excerpt from a longer work.
  • It an also be called simply a reading .
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It could be any of those, or a 'story'. It depends on its length and nature. A story is generally fiction, an article is generally topical non-fiction, a text is generally any written material used for teaching, and a passage is usually an excerpt from a longer work. It an also be called simply a reading.

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