Sentence examples for literary passages from inspiring English sources

From now on, all literary passages used on state tests will be unchanged except for length.

Holbrooke has a whole stock of literary passages and phrases he likes to quote.

The reverse sides are adorned with images of the Swedish landscape, of literary passages, or of musical instruments.

I don't have any illusions that adding literary passages to multiple-choice tests would instill a love of reading among students by itself.

B1 EDUCATION Examining the Exams New York's education commissioner agreed last week to stop editing literary passages on the state's high-school English exams after critics complained.

And they're not allowed to get away with airily claiming that subtle literary passages are much sexier – hey, Jane Austen is actually really erotic, etc, etc. No.

I would also recommend that whenever material is deleted from a literary passage in a test, the omission should be indicated with ellipses.

If you ask them what they think about a certain political issue, a literary passage, or the validity of a scientific experiment, they are more likely to perk up and to speak out.

In the New School experiment, one group read selected examples of literary fiction (passages by Louise Erdrich, Don DeLillo, and others); another read commercial fiction, and another was given serious non-fiction or nothing at all.

In a move that has drawn some controversy, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has stripped the New York ceremony of its presidents, governors and other politicians, who have in the past read literary or religious passages.

— For years Lorrie McNeill loved teaching "To Kill a Mockingbird," the Harper Lee classic that many Americans regard as a literary rite of passage.