TEAS ATI 7 STUDY GUIDE EXAM

TEAS ATI 7 STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2023- 2024 expository passages - CORRECT ANSWER-explains, describes, or informs technical passages - CORRECT ANSWER-gives directions or instructions about a specific subject (ex: instructions on how to put something together) narrative passages - CORRECT ANSWER-tells a story persuasive passage - CORRECT ANSWER-persuades or convinces topic - CORRECT ANSWER-the general subject of the paragraph or passage main idea - CORRECT ANSWER-the purpose of the paragraph or passage supporting details - CORRECT ANSWER-used to explain or illustrate the main idea themes - CORRECT ANSWER-central ideas or concepts that are explored by the paragraph or passage authors purpose (4 types) - CORRECT ANSWER-informative, persuasive, entertain, and express authors purpose to persuade - CORRECT ANSWER-convince the reader to agree with the author (sale letters, campaign speeches) authors purpose to inform - CORRECT ANSWER-give information or enlighten (instructions, directions, or teaching materials) authors purpose to entertain - CORRECT ANSWER-amuse the readers (novel, short story, play, poem) authors purpose to express - CORRECT ANSWER-share thoughts or feelings (journal entries) cause and effect - CORRECT ANSWER-the cause is why something happened; the effect is what actually happened cause - CORRECT ANSWER-why something happened effect - CORRECT ANSWER-what actually happened chronological - CORRECT ANSWER-the events in the passage that happen in the order they occur compare - CORRECT ANSWER-to find the similarities between two or more things contrast - CORRECT ANSWER-to find the differences between two or more things order of importance - CORRECT ANSWER-ideas are expressed in order of priority (from most important to least important and vice versa) problem and solution - CORRECT ANSWER-the paragraph or passage presents a problem and then offers a solution to the problem descriptive - CORRECT ANSWER-the paragraph or passage provides the reader with a mental image of what is occurring and what the writer is seeing, hearing, and feeling object - CORRECT ANSWER-the receiver of action complement - CORRECT ANSWER-a word or words that give meaning to the verb phrase - CORRECT ANSWER-a group of words that express a single idea but does not form a complete sentence noun phrase - CORRECT ANSWER-phrase consisting of a noun and modifiers that act like a noun in a sentence ex: MY SISTER; she found THE OWNER OF THE CAR verb phrase - CORRECT ANSWER-phrase consisting of a verb and any direct or indirect objects ex: WAS WALKING; RUNNING ON THE ICE; he slipped adjective phrase - CORRECT ANSWER-phrase with an adjective and any modifiers that act like an adjective ex: FAIRLY SMALL; the puppy COWERING IN THE CORNER was rescued prepositional phrase - CORRECT ANSWER-phrase with a preposition, any modifiers, and an object ex: for our mother, in the lush, overgrown garden first person - CORRECT ANSWER-the author gives a personal narrative of w