ATI TEAS - Carolyn McAllister: Reading with complete solution

ATI TEAS - Carolyn McAllister: Reading with complete solution Expository passage Scan the passage for numbers; factual, informing Expository What type of passage type is a textbook an example of? persuasive passage Words that indicate an opinion; purpose is to convince Persuasive What type of passage uses words like should, good, best, seemed, most? narrative passage Tells a personal story Narrative What type of passage uses words like we, I, they, my, dialog/conversation, quotation marks? Entertain What is the purpose of a narrative? Dictionary Look up meaning of words Thesaurus book of words that have similar meanings; synonyms Appendix appears in the back of a book Almanac book/calendar useful for determining when the next tide is, phases of moon, solar eclipse Index very back of the book includes page numbers Dictionary, thesaurus, appendix, almanac, index What are the different type of reference materials? expository What type of passage are recipes? expository What type of passage asks what the first thing that needs to be done or what should be done before a specific step? Maps What determines which direction a driver is headed? Fact information that can be verified, proven, and does not reveal the author's feelings Opinion Statements that contain a writer's feelings or beliefs series of 3 or more items use a comma when you have ____________ separate day and year use a comma to ____________ in a date