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Quality Management (Florida State College at Jacksonville)
Carolyn McAlister-Reading ATI TEAS
Getting started
• Read the question first
• Do not leave questions blank
• Primary source = original source (photography, diaries, letters,
eye witness reports) autobiography (auto= self)
• Secondary source= newspaper, obituary,
biographies Passage Types
Expository: scan the passage for numbers, it is factual, informing, ex: a
textbook
Where would you find this question? Always encyclopedia “The
historical passages are expository “history of ”
Persuasive: words that indicate an opinion (email, novel) (words: should,
good, best, seemed, most) purpose is to persuade
Narrative: tells a personal story look for pronouns (we, I, they, we, my
dialog/conversation, quotation marks) purpose: entertain
Reference Materials
Dictionary: look up meaning of words
Thesaurus: book of word that have similar meanings(synonyms)
Appendix: appears in the back of a book
Ex: Global warming - (appendix 1 list something) appendix 2 list
something
Almanac: book/calendar useful for determining when the next tide is,
phases of the moon, solar eclipse
Index: very back of the book includes page
numbers Key ideas and details
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Main idea: same as the thesis statement (always
the last sentence of the first paragraph)
Summary: first sentence of the last paragraph
Ex: which of the following best summarizes the passage
Topic Sentence: The first sentence of every paragraph
Ex: Which of the following represent the topic of the passage
Supporting details: appear in the same paragraph as the topic
sentence Ex: Which of the following supports ?
Recipes (expository)
• Asks what is the first thing that needs to be done
Look at the ingredients, if there is an ingredient that needs to be prepared in
advanced beans, rinsed; onion, chopped; eggs; beaten then chose the first
ingredient on the list that needs to be prepped.
• Asks what should be done before a specific step
First find the step that is part of the question. Then find the step
immediately before it.
• Also be sure that you are familiar with different words that
describe an action
What does the word sauté
mean? Maps
Determine which direction a driver is headed
Ex: a driver is headed toward the west. He drives 10 miles and then turns
left. He continues to drive and at the third traffic light, he turns left again. He
turns right at the stop sign and arrives at his destination. What direction is
heading? South
• There will not be a map, take a scratch piece of paper and sketch
a compass with N, S, E, W
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• Always start in the opposite direction of where the driver is going
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(if the driver is heading west, then start on the east) place your
pencil on the east side and start drawing a line towards west
Facts and opinions
Fact: Information that can be verified is known as a fact. The information can
be proven. Do not reveal the author’s feelings. Do not contain any opinions.
EX: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theater.
Fact: it is 70 degrees outside if a passage contains numbers it is usually a fact
Opinion: it is too hot outside
Opinion: Statements that contain a writer’s feelings or beliefs. They are not
true or false. They contain one person’s viewpoint EX: people who read
newspapers are stupid
Words that indicate: Best, should, seems, most, good, better, worst
Commas & Semi-colons ENGLISH & LANGUAGE
3 major times to use a comma:
• Use a comma when you have a series of 3 or more items EX:
the students are focusing on reading, science, and bath
• Use a comma to separate day and year in a date. EX: she is taking
the TEAS on November 6, 2018
• Use a comma when combining two complete sentences (knows
as independent clauses) before FANBOYS EX: we went to the
football game, and our team won
FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (independent clause)
3 major times to use a semi colon:
• Use a semi colon to separate two complete sentences (in place of
a fanboys)
EX: we traveled to Rome; it was beautiful
The two sentences need to be associated with each other
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lOMoARcPSD|5967629
Quality Management (Florida State College at Jacksonville)
Carolyn McAlister-Reading ATI TEAS
Getting started
• Read the question first
• Do not leave questions blank
• Primary source = original source (photography, diaries, letters,
eye witness reports) autobiography (auto= self)
• Secondary source= newspaper, obituary,
biographies Passage Types
Expository: scan the passage for numbers, it is factual, informing, ex: a
textbook
Where would you find this question? Always encyclopedia “The
historical passages are expository “history of ”
Persuasive: words that indicate an opinion (email, novel) (words: should,
good, best, seemed, most) purpose is to persuade
Narrative: tells a personal story look for pronouns (we, I, they, we, my
dialog/conversation, quotation marks) purpose: entertain
Reference Materials
Dictionary: look up meaning of words
Thesaurus: book of word that have similar meanings(synonyms)
Appendix: appears in the back of a book
Ex: Global warming - (appendix 1 list something) appendix 2 list
something
Almanac: book/calendar useful for determining when the next tide is,
phases of the moon, solar eclipse
Index: very back of the book includes page
numbers Key ideas and details
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Main idea: same as the thesis statement (always
the last sentence of the first paragraph)
Summary: first sentence of the last paragraph
Ex: which of the following best summarizes the passage
Topic Sentence: The first sentence of every paragraph
Ex: Which of the following represent the topic of the passage
Supporting details: appear in the same paragraph as the topic
sentence Ex: Which of the following supports ?
Recipes (expository)
• Asks what is the first thing that needs to be done
Look at the ingredients, if there is an ingredient that needs to be prepared in
advanced beans, rinsed; onion, chopped; eggs; beaten then chose the first
ingredient on the list that needs to be prepped.
• Asks what should be done before a specific step
First find the step that is part of the question. Then find the step
immediately before it.
• Also be sure that you are familiar with different words that
describe an action
What does the word sauté
mean? Maps
Determine which direction a driver is headed
Ex: a driver is headed toward the west. He drives 10 miles and then turns
left. He continues to drive and at the third traffic light, he turns left again. He
turns right at the stop sign and arrives at his destination. What direction is
heading? South
• There will not be a map, take a scratch piece of paper and sketch
a compass with N, S, E, W
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• Always start in the opposite direction of where the driver is going
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(if the driver is heading west, then start on the east) place your
pencil on the east side and start drawing a line towards west
Facts and opinions
Fact: Information that can be verified is known as a fact. The information can
be proven. Do not reveal the author’s feelings. Do not contain any opinions.
EX: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theater.
Fact: it is 70 degrees outside if a passage contains numbers it is usually a fact
Opinion: it is too hot outside
Opinion: Statements that contain a writer’s feelings or beliefs. They are not
true or false. They contain one person’s viewpoint EX: people who read
newspapers are stupid
Words that indicate: Best, should, seems, most, good, better, worst
Commas & Semi-colons ENGLISH & LANGUAGE
3 major times to use a comma:
• Use a comma when you have a series of 3 or more items EX:
the students are focusing on reading, science, and bath
• Use a comma to separate day and year in a date. EX: she is taking
the TEAS on November 6, 2018
• Use a comma when combining two complete sentences (knows
as independent clauses) before FANBOYS EX: we went to the
football game, and our team won
FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (independent clause)
3 major times to use a semi colon:
• Use a semi colon to separate two complete sentences (in place of
a fanboys)
EX: we traveled to Rome; it was beautiful
The two sentences need to be associated with each other
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