ATI TEAS - Carolyn McAllister: Reading

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

combining two complete sentences

use a comma when ____________ before FANBOYS

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

FANBOYS

run, walk, will be attending

Examples of Action - Verbs

is, was, have been, seems

Examples of State of being - Verbs

describing words; provide more detail about the nouns in the sentence by what, which, how

Adjectives

describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Adverbs

-ly

Most adverbs end in?

A person, place or thing

Nouns

Common, proper

What are the types of nouns?

cat, house, sport, plate

Examples of common nouns

show action or state of being

Adverb

two or more independent clauses and a dependent clause

Compound/complex