Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test
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
Mode - Answer-the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range - Answer-measures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - Answer-the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - Answer-the distance around the shape
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
Mode - Answer-the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range - Answer-measures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - Answer-the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - Answer-the distance around the shape
