ATI TEAS 7 Reading Section Study Guide | Latest Practice Questions, Tips, and Answers

ATI TEAS Reading Section Study Guide |
Latest Practice Questions, Tips, and Answers
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King Henry VII- Expository
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·0 t The word infamous in the passage means – Notorious
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Social Media- Persuasive
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·1 t It’s talking how now of days there’s a lot of news on the internet, which some are true and some are fakes.
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·2 t It’s trying to get people to fact checking before just posting random information. (By Tamika Y.)
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UFO- Narrative
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·3 It’s talking about aliens, and an old man that got lost. (READ THE PASSAGE, Is on The GROUP :)
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Greek Theater- Expository
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The robbery passage (Dog and Humans are Best friend)- Persuasive
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·4 When it asks how would you rename this passage answer is (Jewel Thief on the Lose)
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Frida Kahlo- Expository/ Informative
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·5 They will ask you to put her life in chronological order and the answer to that question is: First, she got hit
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by a train; Next, she started drawing pictures of herself; Then, she married Diego. (Credit to Tamika Young for this)
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Casino Passage- Persuasive
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·6 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
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The Chili Recipe- Expository
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·7 Read carefully the Recipe and the questions.
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·8 t One of the answers is to rinse the beans first.
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Central Park Passage- Expository / Informative
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·9 All I remember is that it’s a famous park in New York.
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·10Thepassagewill askyoutoputthesentencesinchronological order. (ByTamikaY.) Time
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Management-

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Type of Passages: t t




·11 Expository: Something you find inan academic journal, a recipe, etc. (Very technical) (Teach, Inform, or explain.)
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·12Technical:Islikefollowingstepstocompletesomething.
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·13 Narrative: Telling a story and entertain
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·14Persuasive: Making you believe something or to do something.
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·15Descriptive: Givephysical details or provide uniquecharacteristics
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·16 Author Purpose: His reason to write a specific topic.
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·17 Theme: The subject to talk, a piece of writing, a person thoughts.
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·18 Topic: that part of a sentence about which something is said. (a conversation)
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·19 Main Idea: Is usually in the first sentence, overall idea of the paragraph.
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·20 Fact: Something that it can be prove is true.
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·21 Opinion: A view or judgment.
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·22Bia: Against something or someone.
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·23Compare: two or more
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·24Inform:Givefacts
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·25 Entertain: Fiction
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·26 Express: Feelings
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·27Stereotypes: Acharacteristics ascribed to groups of peopleinvolving gender, race, origin, etc.
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·28Cause and Effect: The author describes a situation and then its effects.
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·29Compare and Contrast: The author explores the similarities and differences between two or more things.
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·30 Chronological: The author list events in the order in which they happened.
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·31Mood: Influences a reader emotional state in the piece.
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·32Tone:Describestheauthor’sattitudetowardthetopic.
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·33Almanac: A book that gives you important dates such tidal waves, astronomical events, etc.
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·34Thesaurus: A dictionary that has definitions, synonyms andantonyms.
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·35Bibliography: A listof books, magazines, articles, etc.
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·36Biography: Story of someone written by someone else.
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·37Autobiography: Story of someone written by the same person.
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·38 Atlas: A book of maps or charts.
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·39 Appendix: A section or table at the end of the book.
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·40Index: Reference in alphabetical order to where everything is in the book.
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·41Glossary: Alphabetical list of terms of words with definition.
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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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·42 Metaphor: A figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and
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primarily used of one thing is applied to another. Example: Noah Has a heart of a lion
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·43 Simile: A comparison of two different things using the words LIKE or AS. Example: On her first day of school, Jane
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was as cool as a cucumber.
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·44Forum: Onlinemessageboard.
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·45Rhetorical:Usedfor effect notmeaning.
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·46Memorandum: A written informal note usually used for business purposes.
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·47Sequential: Following SET of Orders. (First, Second, Third, Next, While, Last, Before,After)
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·48 Anecdote: A short story that illustrates a concept but isn’t the main idea.
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Percentages (Very Important, Must Know): t t t t t




Covert DecimaltoPercent by: Multiplying by 100
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Convert Percent to Decimal by: Divide by 100 t t t t t t t t




Convert Decimal to a Fraction by: t t t t t




Milli means:onethousand ofsomething 1Liter
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(L) = 1000mL
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1Yard(Yd.)=3Feet(Ft) 12
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Foot = 4Yd t t




1inch = 12 Ft t t t




Less than < t t




Less or Equal than ≤
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Greater than > t t




Greater or Equal than ≥ t t t t




Irrational Number: A number that can NOT Be expressed as terminating or repeating decimals.
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Rational Numbers: A number that can be expresses as a fraction. t t t t t t t t t t




·49 Example: 1/2 t t




Contextual:Related tosurrounding content. t t t t




Erroneous: Incorrect t t




Extraneous: Irrelevant t t




Solution: The answer t t t




Terminate: To end t t t




Percent means: Per 100 t t t t




Area of acircle: A=π ×r^2t t t t t t




Area formula of a Square: A= L × L^2
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Area of a rectangle: A= L × W Area
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of a triangle: A= ½ × b × h ALWAYS
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