TEAS 7 section
Reading
Comprehend and analyze written passages, directions, and visual information — the skills behind every chart, order, and label you will read as a nurse.
45 questions (39 scored)55 minutes17 lessons
Key Ideas & Details
15 scored QsFinding the Point
- Main Idea & Topic SentencesIdentify what a passage is really about — the central claim, the topic sentence that carries it, and how the rest of the paragraph supports it.
- Supporting DetailsTell the evidence apart from the claim: pick out the facts, examples, and statistics an author uses to back the main idea.
- Summarizing a PassageCondense a passage to its essentials: choose the summary that keeps every key point and adds nothing the author never said.
Everyday & Visual Reading
- Following Directions & SequencesExecute written multi-step directions exactly — the TEAS tests whether you track order, conditions, and exceptions the way a med order demands.
- Printed Communication & Everyday DocumentsPull the point from memos, announcements, advertisements, and labels — short real-world documents with a job to do.
- Charts, Graphs, Maps & Visual InformationRead information delivered visually: charts, diagrams, maps with legends and scales, and figures embedded in text.
- Text Features & Reference ToolsUse the parts of a text that aren't prose — headings, bold terms, indexes, tables of contents, footnotes — to find information fast.
Craft & Structure
9 scored QsAuthor's Craft
Judging Statements
Structure & Word Meaning
- Text Structure & OrganizationRecognize how a passage is built — sequence, compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution, description — from its signal words.
- Word Meaning in ContextPin down what a word means in this sentence — using surrounding clues, even when the word has several dictionary meanings.
Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
15 scored QsArguments & Sources
- Evaluating Arguments & EvidenceJudge whether an author's argument holds up: is the claim clear, is the evidence relevant and sufficient, and does the conclusion follow?
- Primary, Secondary & Reliable SourcesClassify sources as primary or secondary and judge which source is most credible and appropriate for a given question.
Across Texts & Data
- Comparing Themes & Multiple TextsHold two passages in mind at once: compare their themes, claims, and evidence, and notice where they agree and clash.
- Integrating Data with TextCombine a passage with its charts and figures to answer questions neither could answer alone — and check whether the data actually supports the prose.
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