ATI TEAS 7: Reading: Key Ideas and Details (15 questions in this section)

How can you identify the topic of writing?

-Found at the beginning of a passage or paragraph within the introduction. Sometimes can be stated explicitly or implicitly.

-You can ask yourself what is the paragraph/passage/writing MOSTLY about?

Describe what the main idea is?

It's the overall POINT the author is trying to make. You can ask yourself what is the author talking about in this paragraph. What is the authors claim or message.

What helps support, explain, and develop the main idea?

Supporting details; look for clues, examples, reasons, consequences, purpose, or results

What are key points?

They are supporting details with evidence of the main idea such as facts and descriptions. It is the most important ideas in the paragraph. It's the information you need to remember.

What are ideas that are not clearly related to the main idea?

Irrelevant supporting details

What are ideas that are clearly related to the main idea?

Relevant supporting details

What are educated guesses in assumptions based on evidence of a topic in the text?

-it can also be referred to "reading between the lines"

Inferences

What is a statement reached after considering evidence?

Conclusion

What is information stated directly in the text?

-there is no room left for interpretation

Explicit evidence

What is information that is suggested in the text by not directly stated?

-requires you to make an inference to understand how the evidence is supporting the main idea

Implicit evidence

_____conclusions are drawn based on what is stated in the text.

Logical

What do the following words listed down below signify?

First, next, then, after that, before, after, during, while, since and finally?

Words and phrases that signifies order of relationships and for which are you to preform steps

Directions are often provided in ___ with ____ or _____.

List formats; bullets; number priority

Explain what the following statement means: put either the chicken or the beef in the pan.

It means that you are either put the chicken in the pan or the beef in the pan but NOT both. Either/or statements means you have to choose one or the other.

Explain what the following statement means: put the chicken in the pan and then turn on the oven.

The signal word THEN indicates that putting the chicken in the pan happens FIRST and BEFORE turning on the oven.

Describe how you can find relevant information to solve a problem?

-Reread the question and problem to make sure you understand what information the question is asking you

-Scan the text for keywords that relate to the information

-Read the sentence around those keywords to find the information you are looking for

______ help you locate information quickly and efficiently.

Textual features

What are alphabetical list of terms and definitions?

Glossaries

What textual feature are topics and page numbers located in front of the book?

Table of contents

What textual feature are topics and page numbers located in the back of the book?

Index

What textual feature are titles of each section in a passage? They are usually big and bold

Headings

What textual feature are located writhing sections and identifies relevant information?

Subheadings

____ and ______ help break of text and organize it by the main idea and topic. Allows you to skim through the passage and go to the information you need directly.

Headings and subheadings

Which one is an example of a heading?

"The History of the American Revolution"

"The causes of the American Revolution"

The History of the American Revolution

Which one is an example of a subheading?

"The History of the American Revolution"

"The causes of the American Revolution"

The causes of the American Revolution

What textual feature are boxes of text, located on the side of the main text and are often used in history books?

Sidebars

What textual features identifies relevant information but can tend to be confusing?

Underlined, boldface, and italicized text

What textual feature are small pieces of text located at the bottom of the page which lists where facts and figures within that document page were obtained and provide more in-depth details about a topic ?

Footnotes

An _____ is similar to a footnote, but differs in the fact that it is listed at the end of paragraphs and chapters of a document.

Endnote

What textual feature are small pictures or symbols located next to a table or a graph? These help explain what the table and graph is about and decrease the clutter. Usually see them on map interpretations.

Legends

What are the important parts of a graph?

-Title

-Labels on then x and y-axis

-Other relevant information

What are common elements on a map?

-Title: tells you what the it's representing

-Legend: explain what the symbols represent

-Scale: relationship between the distance and the actual distance

What are examples of words/language that provide cohesion and ordering events?

In addition, moreover, furthermore, and however

Cohesion adverbs can include what?

When, how often, and length of time

_____ cohesion words can include "today", "tomorrow", "no"', and "last month"

When

______ cohesion words can include "always", "occasionally", and "seldom"

How often

_____cohesion words can include "all month," "all season," and " all week"

Length of time

Explain the following: signal world "first" followed by the cohesive phrase "in addition"

The event happened at the SAME time

Explain the following: signal world "next" followed by the cohesive phrase "moreover"

Prediction of what happens AFTER the event; draw predictions

Explain the following: signal world "however"

The event is DIFFERENT from the previous one; compare and contrast

A ___ is an event that is missing from the sequence

Gap

Explain examples of identifying a gap in a sequence of events

-A protagonist gives to bed but there is no mention of what happens when she or she wakes up (such as brushing their teeth, making their bed, etc.)n

-Predictions about future events can be made by using prior knowledge

-If people generally eat breakfast after they wake up, you can predict this will happen in the story

A ____ should accurately define the MAIN IDEA of the passage, but it doesn't need to be in great detail.

Summary

The _____ is the SUBJECT of the text and is usually expressed in a FEW WORDS

Topic

The most important point being made by the author ants is expressed in FULL SENTENCES?

Main idea

Supporting details are commonly found in what type of text?

Informative and persuasive

________ is when the reader puts the text into their own words and a great way for the reader to check their understanding of the text.

Paraphrasing

Conclusions based on implications must be well supported by the _______ and the reader should have ________.

Text; multiple pieces of evidence

What is usually placed in the corner of the map and contains listings for all important symbols on the map?

Key

What textural feature are notes that explain the BACKGROUND of the book?

Preface

What is useful for depicting how a single unit/category is divided?

Pie chart/circle graph

What is effective at showing how a SINGLE ENTITY is DIVIDED into parts?

Pie charts/circles graphs

What are used to illustrate sets of NUMERICAL data?

Bar graphs

What type of graph is typically used for measuring TRENDS OVER TIME?

Line graph

________ a graph (horizontal) that uses PICTURES or SYMBOLS to represent data.

Pictographs

Explain what the following statement means: put the chicken in the pan and turn on the oven.

It means that you are doing both (putting the chicken in the pan and turning in the oven) at the SAME time. The signal word AND means/indicates the same time.