Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Main / Central Idea Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Story Elements Summary Symbolism Theme
Below you'll find 10th grade reading comprehension passages along with questions and answers. These printable worksheet activities include original excerpts from short stories and books as well as high-interest informational topics.
by William Shakespeare
Primarily known for his plays, Shakespeare also wrot...
by Edgar Allan Poe
Always full of mystery, Edgar Allan Poe wrote this p...
from Boston Daily Advertiser, March 24, 1896
The first modern Olympic Games was a much smaller af...
by Mary Shelley from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Chapter 11 passage: Published in 1818, Mary Shelley'...
from The Oregonian, October 12, 1918
The 1918 influenza pandemic, often called the Spanis...
Chapter V passage: Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Franke...
by Willa Cather from One of Ours
Book Four, Chapter VI passage: Willa Cather's Pulitz...
by William Shakespeare from The Merchant of Venice
Act IV, Scene 1 passage: William Shakespeare's chara...
by Robert Frost
Robert Frost (1874-1963) is one of the most celebrat...
by Stephen Crane from The Red Badge of Courage
Chapter I passage: Stephen Crane's classic tale "The...