NURSING ATI TEAS 7 TEST – NURSING SCHOOL
ENTRANCE EXAM PREPARATION, ACADEMIC YEAR
2026/2027 – COMPLETE REVIEW AND PRACTICE
MATERIAL (GRADED A+)
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
ENTRANCE EXAM PREPARATION, ACADEMIC YEAR
2026/2027 – COMPLETE REVIEW AND PRACTICE
MATERIAL (GRADED A+)
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
