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