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Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test| A+ Graded
Questions and Answers
Topic - Correct Answer-the general subject of the text
Main idea - Correct Answer-the key message or thesis of
the text
Key points - Correct Answer-key points and their
supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - Correct Answer-a brief restatement of the
main idea and the most important key points and details
Inference - Correct Answer-a conclusion reached by
critical thinking, reading between the lines, applying
logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context
clues
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Inference (explicit) - Correct Answer-clearly stated
Inference (implied) - Correct Answer-implied; not
directly stated
Conclusion
- Correct Answer-a deduction made about an unstated
outcome based on prediction, details, evidence, and
results
Descriptive - Correct Answer-includes sensory details to
create a clear mental picture for the reader
Expository - Correct Answer-informs, explains, or tells
how to do something; uses only facts and examples
Narrative - Correct Answer-tells a story to entertain,
inform, or challenge
Persuasive
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- Correct Answer-includes facts and strong opinions to
make the reader feel, think, or behave a certain way
Bias - Correct Answer-tendency toward a preconceived
idea
Connotative meaning
- Correct Answer-the implied meaning of a word, with
assumptions or an emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning
- Correct Answer-the standard dictionary definition of a
word
Rhetorical device - Correct Answer-stylistic language
used to have an emotional or persuasive effect on the
reader
Tone - Correct Answer-the writer's attitude or emotions
concerning the topic
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Argument - Correct Answer-a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast
- Correct Answer-to compare means to look for
similarities; to contrast means to look for differences
Prediction - Correct Answer-a reader's guess of what
could happen, based on details found in the text
Primary source
- Correct Answer-a firsthand, unaltered document by
the original author or creator; includes novels, letters,
original research papers, datasets, paintings
photographs
Secondary source - Correct Answer-a document that
analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary source;
includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books,
review articles, biographies
Tertiary source
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Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test| A+ Graded
Questions and Answers
Topic - Correct Answer-the general subject of the text
Main idea - Correct Answer-the key message or thesis of
the text
Key points - Correct Answer-key points and their
supporting details develop the main idea
Summary - Correct Answer-a brief restatement of the
main idea and the most important key points and details
Inference - Correct Answer-a conclusion reached by
critical thinking, reading between the lines, applying
logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context
clues
1
, 2
Inference (explicit) - Correct Answer-clearly stated
Inference (implied) - Correct Answer-implied; not
directly stated
Conclusion
- Correct Answer-a deduction made about an unstated
outcome based on prediction, details, evidence, and
results
Descriptive - Correct Answer-includes sensory details to
create a clear mental picture for the reader
Expository - Correct Answer-informs, explains, or tells
how to do something; uses only facts and examples
Narrative - Correct Answer-tells a story to entertain,
inform, or challenge
Persuasive
2
, 3
- Correct Answer-includes facts and strong opinions to
make the reader feel, think, or behave a certain way
Bias - Correct Answer-tendency toward a preconceived
idea
Connotative meaning
- Correct Answer-the implied meaning of a word, with
assumptions or an emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning
- Correct Answer-the standard dictionary definition of a
word
Rhetorical device - Correct Answer-stylistic language
used to have an emotional or persuasive effect on the
reader
Tone - Correct Answer-the writer's attitude or emotions
concerning the topic
3
, 4
Argument - Correct Answer-a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast
- Correct Answer-to compare means to look for
similarities; to contrast means to look for differences
Prediction - Correct Answer-a reader's guess of what
could happen, based on details found in the text
Primary source
- Correct Answer-a firsthand, unaltered document by
the original author or creator; includes novels, letters,
original research papers, datasets, paintings
photographs
Secondary source - Correct Answer-a document that
analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary source;
includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books,
review articles, biographies
Tertiary source
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