ATI TEAS 7 Reading Study Guide. Latest update(brand new)
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• Persuasive/Argumentative
o Author convinces reader to
... [Show More] believe something about a topic
o Must be able to portray strong opinion words: in the first place, without a doubt, unquestionably, from my point of view, should, good, best, seeing, most
• Problem/Solution
o Problem presented followed by a solution, challenges reader to take action
• Expository
o If you see numbers, most of the time it means expository
o Factual, the author informs, explains, or tells how to
o Historical passages are expository
o Textbook, all factual
• Cause/Effect
o Cause (since, because, due too…) and effect (consequently, therefore…)
• Compare/contrast
o Compare is to find similarities (both, same, too, like, as well…)
o Contrast is to identify differences (but, however, yet, instead)
• Procedure
o First, next, then, last, in closing…
• Descriptive
o Focuses on particular subject and attempts to depict subject to be clear to readers
• Narrative
o Personal story, passages with pronouns mostly likely narrative
o Fiction, dialogs, people talking, quotation marks, conversation
o Purpose is to entertain, inform, and challenge
• Technical
o Describes complex objects or process
• Denotation
o Nonfiction, literal meaning of word (dictionary def)
Interpret the meaning of words and phrases using context
• Distinguish between connotation, denotation, and figurative language
• Denotation
o Nonfiction, literal meaning of word (dictionary def)
• Connotation
o Beyond denotation by including emotional reaction, the implied meaning of a word or idea
• Figurative
o Figure of speech
• Simile
o Comparison between two unlike things by using “like or as”
• Metaphor
o Comparison between unlike things without using like or as
• Personification
o Giving human attributes to something nonhuman
Logical Inferences (logically be inferred) and Conclusion
• Look for clues
• Read between the lines
• Never pick “all of the above” or “both of the above”
• Must be supported by the text
• Conclusion made based on the logic presented
• An inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
• When you’re reading, it’s helpful to look for patterns or relationships in the text that might shed greater light on the subject
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