ATI Teas Exam Study
Guide for Reading,
Mathematics, Science
and English
, ATI TEAS STUDY GUIDE:
Reading Section:
Passages that you might have:
King Henry VII- Expository
● The word infamous in the passage means – Notorious
Social Media- Persuasive
● It’s talking how now of days there’s a lot of news on the internet, which some are
true and some are fakes. People just share them depends on how they feel about
it.
● It’s trying to get people to fact checking before just posting random information.
(By Tamika Y.)
UFO- Narrative
● It’s talking about aliens, and an old man that got lost. (READ THE PASSAGE, Is
on The GROUP :)
Greek Theater- Expository
The robbery passage (Dog and Humans are Best friend)- Persuasive
● When it asks how would you rename this passage answer is (Jewel Thief on the
Lose)
Frida Kahlo- Expository/ Informative
● They will ask you to put her life in chronological order and the answer to that
question is: First, she got hit by a train;
Next, she started drawing pictures of herself; Then, she married Diego. (Credit to
Tamika Young for this)
Casino Passage- Persuasive
● 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 lowest change of winning than going to a
Casino and playing.
The Chili Recipe- Expository
● Read carefully the Recipe and the questions.
● One of the answers is to rinse the beans first.
Central Park Passage- Expository / Informative
, ● All I remember is that it’s a famous park in New York.
● The passage will ask you to put the sentences in chronological order. (By Tamika
Y.)
Time Management-
Chimney Passage-
Type of Passages:
● Expository : Something you find in an academic journal, a recipe, etc. (Very
technical) (Teach, Inform, or explain.) ● Technical : Is like following steps to
complete something.
● Narrative : Telling a story and entertain
● Persuasive : Making you believe something or to do something.
● Descriptive : Give physical details or provide unique characteristics
Most know this:
● Author Purpose : His reason to write a specific topic.
● Theme: The subject to talk, a piece of writing, a person thoughts.
● Topic : that part of a sentence about which something is said. (a conversation)
● Main Idea : Is usually in the first sentence, overall idea of the paragraph.
● Fact: Something that it can be prove is true. ● Opinion : A view or judgment.
● Bia : Against something or someone.
● Compare : two or more
● Inform : Give facts
● Entertain : Fiction
● Express : Feelings
● Stereotypes : A characteristics ascribed to groups of people involving gender,
race, origin, etc.
● Cause and Effect : The author describes a situation and then its effects.
● Compare and Contrast : The author explores the similarities and differences
between two or more things.
● Chronological : The author list events in the order in which they happened.
● Mood: Influences a reader emotional state in the piece. ● Tone : Describes the
author’s attitude toward the topic.
To Respond to Questions, you Should know this:
● Almanac : A book that gives you important dates such tidal waves, astronomical
events, etc.
● Thesaurus : A dictionary that has definitions, synonyms and antonyms.
● Bibliography : A list of books, magazines, articles, etc.
● Biography : Story of someone written by someone else.
● Autobiography : Story of someone written by the same person.
Guide for Reading,
Mathematics, Science
and English
, ATI TEAS STUDY GUIDE:
Reading Section:
Passages that you might have:
King Henry VII- Expository
● The word infamous in the passage means – Notorious
Social Media- Persuasive
● It’s talking how now of days there’s a lot of news on the internet, which some are
true and some are fakes. People just share them depends on how they feel about
it.
● It’s trying to get people to fact checking before just posting random information.
(By Tamika Y.)
UFO- Narrative
● It’s talking about aliens, and an old man that got lost. (READ THE PASSAGE, Is
on The GROUP :)
Greek Theater- Expository
The robbery passage (Dog and Humans are Best friend)- Persuasive
● When it asks how would you rename this passage answer is (Jewel Thief on the
Lose)
Frida Kahlo- Expository/ Informative
● They will ask you to put her life in chronological order and the answer to that
question is: First, she got hit by a train;
Next, she started drawing pictures of herself; Then, she married Diego. (Credit to
Tamika Young for this)
Casino Passage- Persuasive
● 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 lowest change of winning than going to a
Casino and playing.
The Chili Recipe- Expository
● Read carefully the Recipe and the questions.
● One of the answers is to rinse the beans first.
Central Park Passage- Expository / Informative
, ● All I remember is that it’s a famous park in New York.
● The passage will ask you to put the sentences in chronological order. (By Tamika
Y.)
Time Management-
Chimney Passage-
Type of Passages:
● Expository : Something you find in an academic journal, a recipe, etc. (Very
technical) (Teach, Inform, or explain.) ● Technical : Is like following steps to
complete something.
● Narrative : Telling a story and entertain
● Persuasive : Making you believe something or to do something.
● Descriptive : Give physical details or provide unique characteristics
Most know this:
● Author Purpose : His reason to write a specific topic.
● Theme: The subject to talk, a piece of writing, a person thoughts.
● Topic : that part of a sentence about which something is said. (a conversation)
● Main Idea : Is usually in the first sentence, overall idea of the paragraph.
● Fact: Something that it can be prove is true. ● Opinion : A view or judgment.
● Bia : Against something or someone.
● Compare : two or more
● Inform : Give facts
● Entertain : Fiction
● Express : Feelings
● Stereotypes : A characteristics ascribed to groups of people involving gender,
race, origin, etc.
● Cause and Effect : The author describes a situation and then its effects.
● Compare and Contrast : The author explores the similarities and differences
between two or more things.
● Chronological : The author list events in the order in which they happened.
● Mood: Influences a reader emotional state in the piece. ● Tone : Describes the
author’s attitude toward the topic.
To Respond to Questions, you Should know this:
● Almanac : A book that gives you important dates such tidal waves, astronomical
events, etc.
● Thesaurus : A dictionary that has definitions, synonyms and antonyms.
● Bibliography : A list of books, magazines, articles, etc.
● Biography : Story of someone written by someone else.
● Autobiography : Story of someone written by the same person.
