All 6 Uses

passage
in
The Last Song
(Edited)

Had he underlined passages or folded down pages?
Chpt 31

passages = short parts of longer written works
She wished that he'd done something to make it his own, something that left behind clues about himself, but there was nothing even to suggest that he'd found one passage more interesting than another.
Chpt 31

passage = a short part of a longer written work
"Do you have a favorite passage?" she asked.
Chpt 35
After she nodded, it took him only a minute to find the passage he wanted.
Chpt 35
Her dad continued to study his Bible, and sometimes he'd read a passage or verse aloud at her request.
Chpt 35 *

Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:

They promised patience when it was easy to be impatient, candor when it was easier to lie, and in their own ways, each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.†
Chpt 26 *

Definitions:

(1) (passage as in: In lines 1-9 of the passage...)
a short part of a longer written work

This meaning of passage is commonly seen on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.
(2) (meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus)
More frequently, passage refers to a passageway for travel or to the act of traveling. It can also refer to the passing of time or of a law. See a comprehensive dictionary for the many meanings of passage, but for comfort taking standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, be very familiar with passage being used to refer to a short excerpt from a longer written work.