ATI TEAS 7 Reading Study Guide. Latest update(brand new)

Text in various formats • Persuasive/Argumentative o Author convinces reader to 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 chal