Reading
The largest scored section after Science: 45 questions in 55 minutes covering key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas. Expect passages followed by questions on main idea, inference, author's purpose, text structure, and evaluating arguments and sources.
Study sets
- Craft & Structure Medium
Hunt down the terms behind how authors build texts: purpose, tone, point of view, text structure, fact versus opinion, bias, and word meaning from context.
8 terms - Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Hard
Track down the higher-order reading skills: evaluating arguments and sources, drawing conclusions, predictions, theme, writing modes, and citing evidence.
10 terms - Key Ideas & Details Easy
Find the core reading-comprehension skills the TEAS tests most: main idea, supporting details, inference, summary, sequence, and reading text features and graphics.
8 terms
Terms glossary
- Author's Purpose
- Bias & Stereotype
- Citing Textual Evidence
- Context Clues
- Counterargument & Rebuttal
- Denotation & Connotation
- Drawing Conclusions
- Evaluating an Argument
- Evaluating Source Credibility
- Fact vs. Opinion
- Graphic Information
- Inference
- Main Idea
- Making Predictions
- Modes of Writing
- Point of View
- Primary & Secondary Sources
- Sequence & Following Directions
- Summary vs. Paraphrase
- Supporting Details
- Text Features
- Text Structure
- Theme
- Tone & Mood
- Topic Sentence
- Transition Words as Signals