Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test Study Guide –
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Questions & Answers
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 means to look for
similarities; to contrast means 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
2025 Complete Exam Prep with Verified
Questions & Answers
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 means to look for
similarities; to contrast means 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
