TEAS Reading Review Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering TEAS Reading concepts including main ideas, text structures, source types, and figurative language.

Topic

One word or a very short phrase pertaining to what the passage is about.

Main Idea

The specific point the author is making about the topic.

Explicit Main Idea

A main idea that is clearly stated as a sentence within the passage.

Implicit Main Idea

A main idea that is implied or suggested by the author rather than being directly stated.

Supporting Details

Facts, examples, or specific details that back up the main idea, often compared to the legs of a table.

Summary

A concise version of the text that contains the same message as the original, consisting of the topic plus the important details.

Inference

A logical, educated guess or conclusion based on both evidence and reasoning provided in the text; often called "reading between the lines."

Prediction

A judgment made using details and evidence from the text about what will happen next in a story or passage.

Logical Conclusion

An outcome reached by putting together all evidence, details, inferences, and specific word choices from a passage.

Fact

Information that reflects the topic and can be proven true through evidence from a credible source.

Opinion

A person's specific beliefs or judgments about a topic that cannot be proven true.

Bias

A subjective way of thinking that uses emotional language and only tells one side of a story.

Stereotype

Language used by a writer that makes general assumptions about a whole group of people.

Point of View (POV)

The author's specific beliefs or opinions about a topic.

Tone

The author's attitude toward a topic, typically described using words that evoke emotional responses.

Expository Writing

Informative text based only on facts without opinions, often found in textbooks or encyclopedias.

Technical Writing

A type of expository writing that informs or directs someone on how to do something, such as assembly instructions or manuals.

Persuasive Writing

Also known as argumentative writing, this mode of text tries to convince the reader of a specific claim using evidence and appeals.

Descriptive Writing

A mode of text or language usage that describes people, places, or things in vivid detail using the five senses.

Narrative Writing

A story with a plot, usually presented in chronological order, intended to entertain, inform, or challenge ideas.

Procedural Writing

A type of technical writing that explains a process using step-by-step instructions and sequence words.

Compare & Contrast

A text structure used to analyze similarities (comparing) and differences (contrasting) between subjects.

Cause & Effect

A text structure that analyzes the reasons for a situation and its resulting outcomes.

Problem & Solution

A text structure that introduces and describes a problem, suggests a solution, and often asks the reader to take action.

Primary Source

An original document or firsthand account of an event, person, or art piece documented by someone who was physically there.

Secondary Source

A source that interprets, analyzes, or describes primary sources, created by an author who was not a witness to the event.

Tertiary Source

A source that organizes, indexes, or compiles primary and secondary sources, such as an almanac or directory.

Argument

The specific opinion or belief an author wants to persuade the reader to believe, consisting of a claim, reasons, and evidence.

Claim

The author's specific position on an issue, often found within a thesis statement.

Reasons

The "because" statements that back up an author's claim in an argument.

Evidence

Specific data, research results, statistics, or expert opinions used to support a reason in an argument.

Counterargument

A strategy where an author presents an opposing view and then argues against it.

Theme

A universal idea, concept, or message regarding the human condition that is woven into a text.

Sequence

A logical step-by-step order of events or things that follow one another.

Chronological Order

The arrangement of events based on the order in which they occurred in time.

Memo

A form of printed communication used within a business, school, or workplace.

Announcement

A public statement used for printed communication.

Index

An alphabetized list of topics with page numbers found at the end of a book.

Glossary

An alphabetized list of key words and their definitions located at the end of a book.

Side Bar

A text feature that provides interesting facts or extra information about a topic outside the main body of text.

Footnote

An explanation or reference for further work that appears at the bottom of a page, indicated by a superscript number.

Denotative Meaning

The literal definition of a word as found in a dictionary.

Connotative Meaning

The specific feeling or emotion attached to a word that gives it a different meaning from its literal definition.

Metaphor

A figurative comparison of two unlike objects without using the words "like" or "as."

Simile

A figurative comparison of two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as."

Personification

A figure of speech that assigns human attributes to something that is non-human.

Hyperbole

A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point.

Idiom

A widely used expression whose meaning is different from the literal interpretation of the words.