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ATI TEAS: Reading Concepts

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This deck covers key reading concepts from the ATI TEAS exam, including definitions and explanations of terms like paraphrasing, controlling ideas, and modes of writing.

Paraphrasing

Explain an idea in different words
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
Paraphrasing
Explain an idea in different words
Controlling idea
The main idea of a text
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Topic
Subject of a text. Answers the question, who or what is the paragraph about? A noun
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Key point
Provides support to the controlling idea
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Explicit terms
Clearly stated information
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Implicit terms
Information based on something not clearly stated. Sometimes not fact, an opinion. Adjectives and adverbs.

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TermDefinition
Paraphrasing
Explain an idea in different words
Controlling idea
The main idea of a text
Topic
Subject of a text. Answers the question, who or what is the paragraph about? A noun
Key point
Provides support to the controlling idea
Explicit terms
Clearly stated information
Implicit terms
Information based on something not clearly stated. Sometimes not fact, an opinion. Adjectives and adverbs.
Anecdote
A short story that illustrates a concept but is not the main idea
Delineate
Describe precisely
Chronology
Tells WHEN something happened
Sequential
Tells the order of things
Modes of writing
Forms of writing (persuasive, expository, narrative)
Persuasive writing
Intending to make the reader believe in an idea. Writing that convinces the reader.
Expository writing
Writing that informs, tells how to, or teaches.
Narrative writing
Writing that tells a story and often uses sensory details.