Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test
Topic -ANS the general subject of the the text
Main idea -ANS the key message or thesis of the text
Key points -ANS key points and their supporting details develop the main idea
Summary -ANS a brief restatement of the main idea and the most important key points and details
Inference -ANS a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading between the lines, applying logic to
facts and evidence while recognizing context clues
Inference (explicit) -ANS clearly stated
Inference (implied) -ANS implied; not directly stated
Conclusion -ANS a deduction made about an unstated outcome based on prediction, details, evidence,
and results
Descriptive -ANS includes sensory details to create a clear mental picture for the reader
Expository -ANS informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses only facts and examples
Narrative -ANS tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
,Persuasive -ANS includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader feel, think, or behave a certain
way
Bias -ANS tendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning -ANS the implied meaning of a word, with assumptions or an emotional charge
attached to it
Denotative meaning -ANS the standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device -ANS stylistic language used to have an emotional or persuasive effect on the reader
Tone -ANS the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
Argument -ANS a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast -ANS to compare means to look for similarities; to contrast means to look for
differences
Prediction -ANS a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details found in the text
Primary source -ANS a firsthand, unaltered document by the original author or creator; includes novels,
letters, original research papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source -ANS a document that analyzes, discusses, or reproduces a primary source; includes
textbooks and many other nonfiction books, review articles, biographies
, Tertiary source -ANS a reference work that consolidates information from primary and secondary
sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
PEMDAS -ANS parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction
Least common denominator -ANS the smallest number into which two or more denominators will
divide evenly
Decimals -ANS represent parts of a whole
Ratio -ANS a comparison between the quantity of one item and the quantity of another item
Mean -ANS the average of a set of numbers
Median -ANS the middle number
Mode -ANS the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range -ANS measures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area -ANS the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter -ANS the distance around the shape
Volume -ANS the amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as measured in cubic units
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