Ati Teas Study Guide:
Reading Section:
Passages that you might have:
King Henry VII- Expository
● The word infamous in the passage means –
... [Show More] Notorious
Social Media- Persuasive
● It’s talking how now of days there’s a lot of news on the internet, which some are true and some are fakes. People just share them depends on how they feel about it.
● It’s trying to get people to fact checking before just posting random information. (By Tamika Y.)
UFO- Narrative
● It’s talking about aliens, and an old man that got lost. (READ THE PASSAGE, Is on The GROUP :)
Greek Theater- Expository
The robbery passage (Dog and Humans are Best friend)- Persuasive
● When it asks how would you rename this passage answer is (Jewel Thief on the Lose)
Frida Kahlo- Expository/ Informative
● They will ask you to put her life in chronological order and the answer to that question is: First, she got hit by a train; Next, she started drawing pictures of herself; Then, she married Diego. (Credit to Tamika Young for this)
Casino Passage- Persuasive
● It’s trying to explain how is better to go to a Casino then buying a lottery ticket. Buying a lottery ticket, you have a lowest change of winning than going to a Casino and playing.
The Chili Recipe- Expository
● Read carefully the Recipe and the questions.
● One of the answers is to rinse the beans first.
Central Park Passage- Expository / Informative
● All I remember is that it’s a famous park in New York.
● The passage will ask you to put the sentences in chronological order. (By Tamika Y.)
Time Management-
Chimney Passage-
Type of Passages:
● Expository: Something you find in an academic journal, a recipe, etc. (Very technical) (Teach, Inform, or explain.)
● Technical: Is like following steps to complete something.
● Narrative: Telling a story and entertain
● Persuasive: Making you believe something or to do something.
● Descriptive: Give physical details or provide unique characteristics
Most know this:
● Author Purpose: His reason to write a specific topic.
● Theme: The subject to talk, a piece of writing, a person thoughts.
● Topic: that part of a sentence about which something is said. (a conversation)
● Main Idea: Is usually in the first sentence, overall idea of the paragraph.
● Fact: Something that it can be prove is true. [Show Less]