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ATI TEAS 7 STUDY GUIDE
Reading Section:
Passages that you might have:
King Henry VII- Expository ●
The word infamous in the passage means – 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:
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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.
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Narrative: Telling a story and entertain
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Persuasive: Making you believe something or to do something.
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Descriptive: Give physical details or provide unique characteristics
Most know this:
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Author Purpose: His reason to write a specific topic.
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Theme: The subject to talk, a piece of writing, a person thoughts.
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Topic: that part of a sentence about which something is said. (a conversation)
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Main Idea: Is usually in the first sentence, overall idea of the paragraph.
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Fact: Something that it can be prove is true.
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Opinion: A view or judgment.
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Bia: Against something or someone.
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Compare: two or more
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Inform: Give facts
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Entertain: Fiction
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Express: Feelings
● Stereotypes: A characteristics ascribed to groups of people involving gender, race, origin, etc.
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Cause and Effect: The author describes a situation and then its effects.
● Compare and Contrast: The author explores the similarities and differences between two or more things.
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Chronological: The author list events in the order in which they happened.
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Mood: Influences a reader emotional state in the piece.
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Tone: Describes the author’s attitude toward the topic.
To Respond to Questions, you Should know this:
● Almanac: A book that gives you important dates such tidal waves, astronomical events, etc.
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Thesaurus: A dictionary that has definitions, synonyms and antonyms.
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Bibliography: A list of books, magazines, articles, etc.
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Biography: Story of someone written by someone else.
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Autobiography: Story of someone written by the same person.
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Atlas: A book of maps or charts.
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Appendix: A section or table at the end of the book.
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Index: Reference in alphabetical order to where everything is in the book.
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Glossary: Alphabetical list of terms of words with definition.
The word Disseminate is in one the Passages and they ask you what does it means: Answer will be (Spread of disperse)
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Metaphor: A figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily
used of one thing is applied to another. Example: Noah Has a heart of a lion
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Simile: A comparison of two different things using the words LIKE or AS. Example: On her first day of school, Jane was as cool as a cucumber.●
Forum: Online message board.
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Rhetorical: Used for effect not meaning.
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Memorandum: A written informal note usually used for business purposes.
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Sequential: Following SET of Orders. (First, Second, Third, Next, While, Last, Before, After) ●
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