ATI TEAS Version 7 Nursing
Test – Complete Study Guide
2026
Topic - ANSWER ✨✔---the general subject of the the text
Main idea - ANSWER ✨✔---the key message or thesis of the text
Key points - ANSWER ✨✔---key points and their supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - ANSWER ✨✔---a brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key points
and details
Inference - ANSWER ✨✔---a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the lines,
applying logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
,Inference (explicit) - ANSWER ✨✔---clearly stated
Inference (implied) - ANSWER ✨✔---implied; not directly stated
Conclusion - ANSWER ✨✔---a deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction,
details, evidence, and results
Descriptive - ANSWER ✨✔---includes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the
reader
Expository - ANSWER ✨✔---informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only facts and
examples
Narrative - ANSWER ✨✔---tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
Persuasive - ANSWER ✨✔---includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel, think, or
behave a certain way
Bias - ANSWER ✨✔---tendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - ANSWER ✨✔---the implied meaning of a word, with assumptions or an
emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - ANSWER ✨✔---the standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device - ANSWER ✨✔---stylistic language used to have an emotional or persuasive
effect on the reader
Tone - ANSWER ✨✔---the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
, Argument - ANSWER ✨✔---a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - ANSWER ✨✔---to compare meanswer to look for similarities; to contrast
meanswer to look for differences
Prediction - ANSWER ✨✔---a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details found in the
text
Primary source - ANSWER ✨✔---a firsthand, unaltered document by the original author or creator;
includes novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source - ANSWER ✨✔---a document that analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary
source; includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles, biographies
Tertiary source - ANSWER ✨✔---a reference work that consolidates information from primary and
secondary sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
PEMDAS - ANSWER ✨✔---parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and
subtraction
Least common denominator - ANSWER ✨✔---the smallest number into which two or more
denominators will divide evenly
Decimals - ANSWER ✨✔---represent parts of a whole
Ratio - ANSWER ✨✔---a comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of another
item
Mean - ANSWER ✨✔---the average of a set of numbers
Median - ANSWER ✨✔---the middle number
Test – Complete Study Guide
2026
Topic - ANSWER ✨✔---the general subject of the the text
Main idea - ANSWER ✨✔---the key message or thesis of the text
Key points - ANSWER ✨✔---key points and their supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - ANSWER ✨✔---a brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key points
and details
Inference - ANSWER ✨✔---a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the lines,
applying logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
,Inference (explicit) - ANSWER ✨✔---clearly stated
Inference (implied) - ANSWER ✨✔---implied; not directly stated
Conclusion - ANSWER ✨✔---a deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction,
details, evidence, and results
Descriptive - ANSWER ✨✔---includes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the
reader
Expository - ANSWER ✨✔---informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only facts and
examples
Narrative - ANSWER ✨✔---tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
Persuasive - ANSWER ✨✔---includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel, think, or
behave a certain way
Bias - ANSWER ✨✔---tendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - ANSWER ✨✔---the implied meaning of a word, with assumptions or an
emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - ANSWER ✨✔---the standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device - ANSWER ✨✔---stylistic language used to have an emotional or persuasive
effect on the reader
Tone - ANSWER ✨✔---the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
, Argument - ANSWER ✨✔---a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - ANSWER ✨✔---to compare meanswer to look for similarities; to contrast
meanswer to look for differences
Prediction - ANSWER ✨✔---a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details found in the
text
Primary source - ANSWER ✨✔---a firsthand, unaltered document by the original author or creator;
includes novels, letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source - ANSWER ✨✔---a document that analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary
source; includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles, biographies
Tertiary source - ANSWER ✨✔---a reference work that consolidates information from primary and
secondary sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
PEMDAS - ANSWER ✨✔---parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and
subtraction
Least common denominator - ANSWER ✨✔---the smallest number into which two or more
denominators will divide evenly
Decimals - ANSWER ✨✔---represent parts of a whole
Ratio - ANSWER ✨✔---a comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of another
item
Mean - ANSWER ✨✔---the average of a set of numbers
Median - ANSWER ✨✔---the middle number
